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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 Jefferson (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 Jefferson. 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 and hospitals 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.
Jefferson is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Jefferson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jefferson:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Jefferson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Lithopolis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carroll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pickerington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thurston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Amanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Pleasantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Millersport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Harlem
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Center Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Green ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Vans Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Africa ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Galena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Lewis Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Brice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Bright ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Reynoldsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Edward ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Muhks Corners ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muhks Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhks Corners
- Obetz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Rockbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laurelville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- West Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Apple
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- South Bloomingville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Etna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Summit Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Kirkersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Pataskala
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Outville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Buckeye Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Harbor Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Thornville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Glenford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- New Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Saint Paul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- East Ringgold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Ashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Knollwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Commercial Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tarlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Circleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Thacher
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Matville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Adelphi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Clarksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jefferson, see our County-by-County Page for Jefferson.
Cemeteries Near Jefferson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jefferson.
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 Jefferson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jefferson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Hoshor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Raver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Betzer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lithopolis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greencastle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Betzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kramer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carroll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (587 more) ...
- Franklin Hills Memory Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairchild Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Jefferson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jefferson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Slough
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Lockville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lockville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Greencastle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Lithopolis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carroll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Canal Winchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Pickerington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marcy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Royalton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Hooker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Groveport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Walnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Dumontville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jefferson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jefferson.
Newspapers Published in Jefferson ...
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 330 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jefferson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jefferson, 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 Jefferson.
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 Jefferson:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross 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 Jefferson, 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- Jefferson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |