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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hunter. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hunter to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hunter, 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 Hunter (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 Hunter. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hunter is historic, it would have been located within present day Noble 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 Noble County: Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Hunter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hunter:
- Noble County (The home county of Hunter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Belle Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Mount Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sarahsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Caldwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Ashton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Whigville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Fulda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fulda is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulda
- South Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Olive
- Crooked Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Barnesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Plainfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Cumberland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bluebell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Claysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Pleasant City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Senecaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lore City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Stafford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Lewisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Miltonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Edwina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Graysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Woodsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Ozark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ozark is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Plainview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Coats
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Reinersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Hackney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Neelysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Durant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- McConnelsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Malta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stockport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Deavertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Todds
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Westland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Chesterhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Rix Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Museville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- McDonald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- New Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Norwich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Philo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Pleasant Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Buckeye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cannelville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Wortley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Roseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Crooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Corning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Clover Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Congo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Drakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rehoboth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Postboy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Peoli
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Newcomerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Macksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Luke Chute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Warner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Lower Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Alden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Watertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Wolf Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Whipple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Churchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Dalzell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hunter, see our County-by-County Page for Hunter.
Cemeteries Near Hunter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunter.
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 Hunter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hunter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- McElroy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brookfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hiramsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brown African Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown African Methodist Cemetery
- The Brown African Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- African Methodist Church Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
- Hoskinsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville Cemetery
- The Hoskinsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Hoskinsville Cemetery
- Ragans Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Belle Valley.
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belle Valley Cemetery
- Corpus Christi Catholic Cemetery
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fowler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Halleys Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ark Springs Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (638 more) ...
- Renrock Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kuntz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.
Hunter itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Scott ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Hiramsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hiramsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiramsburg
- Cumberland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ava
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ava is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Hoskinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Belle Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Saint Clair ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Zeno
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zeno is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeno
- Coal Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Renrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Renrock is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renrock
- Olive Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Bluebell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Young Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Young Hickory is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
- Mount Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hunter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hunter.
Newspapers Published in Hunter ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunter, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunter.
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 Hunter:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Noble County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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 Hunter, 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- Hunter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |