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 Jarvis (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 Jarvis. 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 southeast 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 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.
Jarvis is located in Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Jarvis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jarvis:
- Ross County (The home county of Jarvis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Riton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deadman Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Schooley
(7 miles [11.3 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Andersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Massieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Adelphi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yellowbud
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Richmond Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Alma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Stoutsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Amanda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Cedar Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Sugar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Lithopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- Lockbourne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- New Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Apple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomingville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Logan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Furnace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Ray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Limerick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Altoona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Coalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Glade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Glen Roy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Wellston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Elmwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Thacher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Logan Elm Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Tarlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Circleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Knollwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Williamsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Ringgold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Fox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- New Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pherson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Bristol Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Mount Sinai
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Peck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Waverly City
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Jean
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Greggs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Piketon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Zahn's Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Beaver
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Stella
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Richland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- McArthur
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dundas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Hamden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zaleski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Hope ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Oreton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jarvis, see our County-by-County Page for Jarvis.
Cemeteries Near Jarvis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jarvis.
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 Jarvis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jarvis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Overly Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salem Reform Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Salem White Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem White Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem White Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Kingston.
- The Salem White Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Salem Reformed Church Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
- Hopetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Armstrong Burials
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (648 more) ...
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Chillicothe.
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Concord Methodist Church Cemetery
- Hallsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hallsville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Hallsville.
- The Hallsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dresbach Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41948 <2>
- St. Margarets Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Jarvis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jarvis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jarvis, with the one closest to Jarvis listed first.
- Tucson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tucson is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson
- Hopetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopetown is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopetown
- Chillicothe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kinnikinnick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kinnikinnick is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinnikinnick
- Hallsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hallsville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Schooley
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Three Locks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Three Locks is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Locks
- Whisler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whisler is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisler
- Andersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Elmwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Vigo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cox ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cox is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Slate Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slate Mills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jarvis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jarvis.
Newspapers Published in Jarvis ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jarvis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jarvis, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jarvis.
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 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 Jarvis:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Pickaway County
- Pike 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jarvis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jarvis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |