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 Huntsville (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 Huntsville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Huntsville is located in Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Huntsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Huntsville:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Huntsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Tarlton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thacher
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Knollwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Elmwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Circleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Logan Elm Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- East Ringgold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Fox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Ashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- South Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Duvall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Carbondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Nelsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bessemer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Mineral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Stoutsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Cedar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Sugar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Carroll
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- Cook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lockbourne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Groveport
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Obetz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Blacklick Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Edward ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Brice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Laurelville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Apple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Gibisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- South Bloomingville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Logan
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Sand Run Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Carbon Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Ray
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Limerick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Coalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Madison County
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Avalon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Straitsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shawnee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thornville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Mount Sinai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Peck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Bristol Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Waverly City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Adelphi
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Riton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Schooley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- North Fork Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Deadman Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Massieville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Frankfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Stella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- McArthur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Zaleski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Hope ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Ural ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Hamden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Huntsville, see our County-by-County Page for Huntsville.
Cemeteries Near Huntsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huntsville.
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 Huntsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Huntsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Tarlton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tarlton United Brethren Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Imler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Julian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Augustus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stumpf Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McClelland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spengler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dresbach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bald Knob Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (633 more) ...
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wolf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Huntsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Huntsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Huntsville, with the one closest to Huntsville listed first.
- Tarlton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stringtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Whisler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whisler is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisler
- Laurelville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drinkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Drinkle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkle
- Adelphi
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stoutsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Perry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Perry is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Perry
- Hallsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Clearport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
- Amanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Elmwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Huntsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Huntsville.
Newspapers Published in Huntsville ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Huntsville, 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 Huntsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Huntsville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Vinton 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 Huntsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Huntsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |