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 Jamestown (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 Jamestown. 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 and doctors 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.
Jamestown is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Jamestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jamestown:
- Greene County (The home county of Jamestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Shawnee Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Grape Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Bowersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilberforce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Yellow Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trebein
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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
- Spring Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roxanna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Powhattan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mechanicsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Cortsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- South Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hedges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Shawnee Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Kenwood Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Enon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Holiday Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Limestone City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- South Vienna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Donnelsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Port William
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Wilmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Memphis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Morrisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- New Vienna
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Octa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jeffersonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville
(9 miles [14.5 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bloomingburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Washington Court House
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Cook
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Leesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Bridges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Willettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- South Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Range
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- London
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Summerford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Mount Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Plumwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Alcony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Ginghamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kettering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huber Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Hooks Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- Moraine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Northridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- West Carrollton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- New Holland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grange Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Harveysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Osceola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Springboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- San Je Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Je Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Je Village
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Butlerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Butlerville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Williams County
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jamestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jamestown.
Cemeteries Near Jamestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jamestown.
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 Jamestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jamestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Sheley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sheeley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Silver Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silvercreek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvercreek Cemetery
- The Silvercreek Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Jamestown Cemetery
- Silver Creek Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Caesar Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mills - McKillip Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bab Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cline Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (512 more) ...
- Hussey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hussey Cemetery
- The Hussey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowersville Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jamestown had a population of 1,104 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Jamestown had a population of 2,146 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- New Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Bowersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Grape Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Paintersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paintersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Pearsons ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearsons is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons
- Edgefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgefield is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gladstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Port William
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Octa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- West Lancaster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Lancaster is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lancaster
- Blessing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blessing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- South Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Selma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Selma is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jamestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jamestown.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Jamestown ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jamestown.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Jamestown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Jamestown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Jamestown.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Jamestown.
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 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 Jamestown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Pickaway 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> | 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 Jamestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Jamestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |