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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Holly. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Holly to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holly, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Holly (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Holly. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Holly is historic, it would have been located within present day Tuscarawas County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Holly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holly:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Holly)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Baltic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stone Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wolf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Newcomerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Port Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bernice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Postboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Old Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Barrs Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Gnadenhutten
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Sherrodsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Atwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Chili
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- New Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Layland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Conesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Birds Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Oldham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Brady ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Winterset
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Antrim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Abledell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Feed Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Freeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Smyrna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Conotton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Farmerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Killbuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Gann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Esto ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Buckeye City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Licking County
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Trinway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Norwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Shannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Beach City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brewster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Justus
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Sherman Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Sparta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Westarado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Fohl Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Magnolia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Shreve
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Millbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holly, see our County-by-County Page for Holly.
Cemeteries Near Holly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holly.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Holly - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- St. Paul UCC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul UCC Cemetery
- The St. Paul UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Renners Church Cemetery
- Woods College Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bakersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Creek Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fiat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat Cemetery
- The Fiat Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gonters German Lutheran Cemetery
- Lint Cemetery
- St. Peter's UCC Cemetery
- Halifax Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Cemetery
- The Halifax Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Lawn Cemetery
- Halifax East Lawn Cemetery
- Halifax Zion Cemetery
- Lower Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
- Kimble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clapboard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bakersville Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Halifax United Brethren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (651 more) ...
- Crossroads Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chili Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili Methodist Cemetery
- The Chili Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chili Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Holly in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holly.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holly, with the one closest to Holly listed first.
- Pearl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bakersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Chili
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Baltic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ragersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ragersville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragersville
- New Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Wolf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Stone Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Morgan Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- Newcomerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blackband
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blackband is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackband
- Keene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Keene is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Canal Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holly.
Newspapers Published in Holly ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holly, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holly.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Holly:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |