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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 Houck Meadows (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 Houck Meadows. 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 Houck Meadows ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Houck Meadows: Houck Mdws.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Houck Meadows is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Houck Meadows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Houck Meadows:
- Clark County (The home county of Houck Meadows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Enon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
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- Holiday Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
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- Donnelsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Limestone City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
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- Crystal Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
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- Green Hedges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
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- Park Layne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
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- Shawnee Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
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- Kenwood Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dodo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Butler County
- Poast Town Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Christiansburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Powhattan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Saint Paris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Urbana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Mutual
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Kingscreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Carysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mechanicsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mingo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- New Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Port William
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- North Kingman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Wilmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sabina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Hagler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Yatesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Yellow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Wilberforce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Beavercreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Xenia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Grape Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Bellbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- South Solon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Summerford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
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- Choctaw Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Range
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
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- Plumwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
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- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Alcony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Tipp City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Casstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Kessler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
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- Fletcher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- West Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Garland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
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- Ludlow Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Piqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Huber Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Riverside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Dayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Riverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Vandalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
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- Kettering
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Preble County
- Verona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Riverside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Corwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Waynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Five Points
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Harveysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Springboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Williams County
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Houck Meadows, see our County-by-County Page for Houck Meadows.
Cemeteries Near Houck Meadows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Houck Meadows.
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 Houck Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Houck Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Mud Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Pauls Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Enon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Forest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery has also been known as:
- Miller Family Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clark County Home Infirmary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mitman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (517 more) ...
- Old Donnelsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Byron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Haven Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Houck Meadows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Houck Meadows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Houck Meadows, with the one closest to Houck Meadows listed first.
- Enon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yellow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Hustead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Mad River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Byron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Byron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Medway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beatty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Durbin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Forgy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forgy is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forgy
- Donnelsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Oldtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oldtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
- Bryson ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bryson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Pitchin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Houck Meadows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houck Meadows.
Newspapers Published in Houck Meadows ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Houck Meadows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Houck Meadows, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Houck Meadows.
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 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 Houck Meadows:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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 Houck Meadows, 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- Houck Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |