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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Jimtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Jimtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jimtown, please Contact Us.
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 Jimtown (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 Jimtown. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Jimtown is historic, it would have been located within present day Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Jimtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jimtown:
- Miami County (The home county of Jimtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Piqua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Covington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Polo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Bloomer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Ludlow Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Casstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Kessler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Minster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Moulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Saint Marys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Christiansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Dodo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Park Layne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Crystal Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Donnelsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lawrenceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Enon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Gettysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Versailles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pitsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Stelvideo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Frenchtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Arcanum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Dawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Gordon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Pikeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Brock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Fairborn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Quincy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Burkettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Henry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Wendelin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Northview
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Huber Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Wengerlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Airhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Verona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Lockington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Sidney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Fort Laramie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Port Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Anna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kettlersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Union City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Spartanburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jimtown, see our County-by-County Page for Jimtown.
Cemeteries Near Jimtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jimtown.
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 Jimtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jimtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Priest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Miami Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Covington.
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Covington Cemetery
- Ingle Family Burying Ground
- Old Township Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41403 <3>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (555 more) ...
- Union Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garby Cemetery #2
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Jimtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jimtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Farrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Eldean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Piqua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellemans ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellemans is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellemans
- Lockington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Ludlow Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Casstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bloomer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jimtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jimtown.
Newspapers Published in Jimtown ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jimtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jimtown, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jimtown.
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 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 Jimtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Randolph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jimtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jimtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |