Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
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 Homer (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 Homer. 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 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.
Homer is located in Licking 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 Licking County: Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Muskingum & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Homer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Homer:
- Licking County (The home county of Homer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Utica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Highwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Lock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Saint Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Way ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Vanatta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vanatta is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanatta
- Blanchard ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blanchard is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Blanchard has also been known as:
- Blanchard Settlement
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Perrysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Loudonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- New Guilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cooperdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Mohawk Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- West Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Nellie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Metham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Condit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- North Condit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- South Condit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Vans Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- East Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Lakeside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Fairfield Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Millersport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thurston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pickerington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- New Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Central College ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Havens Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Blacklick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Huber Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Westerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blendon Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Gahanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Stillwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Hunt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Five Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Bangs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gambier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centerburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bladensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Green Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Chesterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Cardington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gilead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Shawtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Black Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frazeysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Trinway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dresden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Thornville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Mount Perry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Butler
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Newville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hanley Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Homer, see our County-by-County Page for Homer.
Cemeteries Near Homer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Homer.
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 Homer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Homer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Homer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairview FWB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Utica.
- Utica Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hall Knox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bennington Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brandon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (494 more) ...
- Lock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Appleton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Homer had a population of 382 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Homer, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Utica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brandon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brandon is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Highwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Morgan Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morgan Center is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Center
- Hunt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Milfordton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Lock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fredonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- New Way ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Bangs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Saint Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Homer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Homer.
Newspapers Published in Homer ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Homer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Homer, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Homer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Homer:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Richland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Homer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Homer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |