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 Horns Mill (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 Horns Mill. 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.
Name Variations for Horns Mill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Horns Mill: Horns Ml. (or less commonly used: Horns Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Horns Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Horns Mill may originally have been Horn's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Horns Mill might be written as Horn Mill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Horns Mill is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Horns Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Horns Mill:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Horns Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- West Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amanda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carroll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Bessemer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Nelsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Hartleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Carbondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Glouster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greens Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Mineral
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Trimble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Bright ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Lockbourne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Edward ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Obetz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Rockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Laurelville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomingville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Union Furnace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Sand Run Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Carbon Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Apple
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Buckeye Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Kirkersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Outville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Pataskala
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- Fultonham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Straitsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shawnee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Thornville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Chalfants
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Knollwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Thacher
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Circleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Ashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elmwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Duvall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- South Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Adelphi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Riton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Hope ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Zaleski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- McArthur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Horns Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Horns Mill.
Cemeteries Near Horns Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Horns Mill.
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 Horns Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Horns Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Ream Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Emery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stuckey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sharp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Matthews Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tarklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Sponagle Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lamott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Myers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (622 more) ...
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lancaster.
- The St. Mary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43171 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Horns Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Horns Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Horns Mill, with the one closest to Horns Mill listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Berne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Berne is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Clearport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
- Enterprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Joe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hooker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Dumontville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
- West Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Horns Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Horns Mill.
Newspapers Published in Horns Mill ...
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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Horns Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Horns Mill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Horns Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Horns Mill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Horns Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Horns Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |