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 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 northeast 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 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.
Jimtown is located in Vinton 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 Vinton County: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs & Ross.
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:
- Vinton County (The home county of Jimtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Stella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- McArthur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Hamden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zaleski
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Hope ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Oreton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Arbaugh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Vales Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Wilkesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Carbondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Nelsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bessemer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Stoutsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Amanda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Cedar Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lancaster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Carroll
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Alice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Ewington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Apple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- South Bloomingville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rockbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Union Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- West Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Candy Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Ray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Limerick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Coalton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Altoona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Wellston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glade
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Pattonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Banner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Rempel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rempel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rempel
- Meigs County
- Point Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Perry County
- New Straitsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elmwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Thacher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Logan Elm Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Circleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knollwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- East Ringgold
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Williamsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Pherson
(29 miles [46.7 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 Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Mount Sinai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Bristol Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Peck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Waverly City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Glen Jean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Greggs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Zahn's Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Piketon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Shyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jimtown, with the one closest to Jimtown listed first.
- Adelphi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Schooley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Richmond Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Deadman Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Kingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chillicothe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Massieville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Andersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- North Fork Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Alma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Yellowbud
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
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.
- Pike Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church Cemetery
- The Union Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Timmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ackley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slagle Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Slagle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Schooley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (698 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wolf Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 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.
- Eagle Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Cox ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cox is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Apple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Tucson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tucson is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson
- Ratcliffburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ratcliffburg is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliffburg
- Haynes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Haynes is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- South Bloomingville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adelphi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vigo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vigo is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Bee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bee is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Allensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Royal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Royal is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hallsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hallsville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Laurelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Schooley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
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 121 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 19 miles [30.6 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 like to start with 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 Jimtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Vinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Gallia County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Meigs County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Pike 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> | 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jimtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |