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 Jericho (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 Jericho. 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.
Jericho is located in Butler 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 Butler County : Dearborn (IN) , Franklin (IN) , Union (IN) , Hamilton , Montgomery , Preble & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Jericho. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jericho:
Butler County (The home county of Jericho)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Somerville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Oxford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Seven Mile (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Seven Mile is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
Contreras (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Contreras is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Hanover ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hanover is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Jacksonburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Bunker Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Bunker Hill is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Reily (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Reily is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reily Auburn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Auburn is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Millville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Millville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
New Miami (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
New Miami is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miami Population from the 2020 Census: 2,395 people
Overpeck (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Overpeck is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overpeck Clermont County
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Branch Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Branch Hill is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Hill Epworth Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Epworth Heights is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Heights Loveland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Castine (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Gordon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Ithaca (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
New Madison (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Savona (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Savona is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Fairfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Shaker Village ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Shaker Village is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village Pleasant Run Farm (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm Pleasant Run (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Pleasant Run is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Mount Healthy Heights (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Dry Ridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Dry Ridge is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Ridge Northgate (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Northgate is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate Forest Park (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Springdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Harrison (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Northbrook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Northbrook is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbrook Greenhills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Farmersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Germantown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Carlisle (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Kreitzer Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner New Lebanon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Miamisburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Pyrmont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont Voyager Village West (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Voyager Village West is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyager Village West Whitfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Whitfield is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Oakwood Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Airhill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Airhill is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Brookville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Preble County
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Morning Sun (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Camden (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
West Elkton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
College Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Lake Lakengren (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren Gratis (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Corvin ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Corvin is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Eaton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Ingomar (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Ingomar is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar West Alexandria (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
New Hope (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
New Hope is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Lewisburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Franklin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hunter (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Shadow Lake Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village Greentree Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Greentree Corners is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners Red Lion (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Springboro (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Mason (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Hageman (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Hageman is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman Five Points (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Five Points is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Lebanon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Landen (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Kenricksville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Kenricksville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville Williams County
Franklin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Franklin is located in Williams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Dearborn County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
West Harrison (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Logan (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Logan is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Saint Leon (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Saint Leon is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Leon Population from the 2020 Census: 669 people
Bright (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Bright is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Lawrenceville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Lawrenceville is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville New Alsace (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
New Alsace is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alsace Hidden Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Hidden Valley is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Yorkville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Yorkville is located in Dearborn County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Guilford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Fayette County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Springersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Springersville is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Everton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Everton is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Connersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Nulltown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Alpine (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Alpine is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Harrisburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Bentonville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Franklin County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Peoria (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Peoria is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Bath (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Bath is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Scipio (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Scipio is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Mount Carmel (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Rockdale (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Rockdale is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Brookville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Grove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
New Trenton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
New Trenton is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trenton Oak Tree Crossroads (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Oak Tree Crossroads is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Crossroads South Gate (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
South Gate is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Yellow Bank (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Oak Forest (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Oak Forest is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Ripley County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Penntown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Penntown is located in Ripley County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penntown Sunman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Union County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Contreras (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Contreras is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras West College Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Goodwins Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner Billingsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Billingsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Liberty (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Brownsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Brownsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Yankee Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Wayne County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Boston (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Abington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Abington is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Richmond (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Spring Grove (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Centerville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Chester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Chester is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Beesons (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Beesons is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beesons Whitewater (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
Webster (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Webster is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Pennville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Pennville is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville East Germantown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
East Germantown is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Germantown Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
Fountain City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Boone County (KY)
The following are listed by their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Francisville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Francisville is located in Boone County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville Taylorsport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Taylorsport is located in Boone County (KY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jericho, see our County-by-County Page for Jericho .
Cemeteries Near Jericho ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jericho.
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 Jericho - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jericho covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Teague Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Somerville Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Milford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Patterson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Beechwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Oxford Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oxford Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Oxford . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42607 <2>
Collinsville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
John Ramsey Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Scott Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Old Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Hopewell Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (490 more) ...
Lowes Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Friends Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Chapel Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jericho in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jericho.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jericho, with the one closest to Jericho listed first.
Somerville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Darrtown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Darrtown is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrtown Oxford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Collinsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Collinsville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville Morning Sun (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun McDonald ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
McDonald is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Ogleton ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Ogleton is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogleton West Elkton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Camden (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Contreras (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Contreras is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras McGonigle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
McGonigle is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGonigle Seven Mile (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Seven Mile is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
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College Corner (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Hanover ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hanover is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Fairhaven (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Fairhaven is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jericho. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jericho .
Newspapers Published in Jericho ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jericho.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jericho, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Jericho.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Jericho:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Butler County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Clermont County Darke County Hamilton County Montgomery County Preble County Warren County Williams County Dearborn County Fayette County Franklin County Ripley County Union County Wayne County Boone County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jericho. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Butler County: https://bcohio.gov/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Jericho, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jericho) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.