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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 Johnsville (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 Johnsville. 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.
Johnsville is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County : Butler , Clark , Darke , Greene , Miami , Preble & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Johnsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnsville:
Montgomery County (The home county of Johnsville)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
New Lebanon (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Kreitzer Corner (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner Voyager Village West (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Voyager Village West is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyager Village West Farmersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Airhill (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Airhill is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Pyrmont (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont Brookville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Post Town (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Post Town is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town Trotwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Drexel (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Drexel is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel Frytown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Frytown is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown Arlington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Arlington is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Butler County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Poast Town Heights (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights Astoria (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Astoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria Poast Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Poast Town is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Jacksonburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Middletown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Miltonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Miltonville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville Somerville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
South Middletown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
South Middletown is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown Trenton (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Seven Mile (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Seven Mile is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
Overpeck (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Overpeck is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overpeck Monroe (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Champaign County
Christiansburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Clark County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Park Layne (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Park Layne is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne Crystal Lakes (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes New Carlisle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Holiday Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Holiday Valley is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley Green Meadows (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Green Meadows is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows Enon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Donnelsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Donnelsville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
Dodo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Dodo is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo North Hampton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
North Hampton is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
New Burlington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
New Burlington is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington North Kingman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
North Kingman is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Gordon (13 miles [20.9 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
Castine (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Pitsburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Arcanum (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Abbottsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Abbottsville is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville New Madison (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Savona (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Savona is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona Fort Jefferson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson Wayne Lakes (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
Wayne Lakes Park Poplar Ridge (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge Gettysburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Gettysburg is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Beavercreek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Bellbrook (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Fairborn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Spring Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Trebein (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Trebein is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein Trebein has also been known as:
Beaver Station Beaver Frost Station Pickeneyville Pinckneyvile Roxanna (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Roxanna is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna Pinewood Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Pinewood Village is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village Xenia (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Yellow Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Wilberforce (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Hamilton County
Fairfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Miami County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Garland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Garland is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Potsdam (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Potsdam is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
West Milton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Laura (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Ginghamsburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg Kessler (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kessler is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Ludlow Falls (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Tipp City (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Troy (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Covington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
West Covington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
West Covington is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington Preble County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Ingomar (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Ingomar is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar West Alexandria (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Gratis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Euphemia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Euphemia is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia Lewisburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Verona (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Eaton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
West Elkton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Camden (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Lake Lakengren (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren West Manchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
New Hope (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
New Hope is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Shelby County
Riverside (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Franklin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Springboro (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Five Points (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Five Points is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Hunter (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Hunter is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Kenricksville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Kenricksville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville Red Lion (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Greentree Corners (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Greentree Corners is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners Corwin (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Waynesville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Shadow Lake Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village Lebanon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Hageman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Hageman is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman Williams County
Franklin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Franklin is located in Williams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Franklin County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Bath (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Bath is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Peoria (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Peoria is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Randolph County (IN)
Arba (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Arba is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba Union County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Goodwins Corner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner West College Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Contreras (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Contreras is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Liberty (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Billingsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Billingsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Yankee Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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 Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Boston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Whitewater (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
Richmond (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Spring Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Chester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Chester is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Abington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Abington is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Fountain City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Webster (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Webster is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Centerville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnsville, see our County-by-County Page for Johnsville .
Cemeteries Near Johnsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnsville.
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 Johnsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
Trissel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Eversole Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Slifer Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slifer Cemetery The Slifer Cemetery has also been known as:
Slifer Presbyterian Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43459 <2>
Holp Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holp Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Holp Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Farmersville . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41461 <2>
Enterprise Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Farmersville United Brethren Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Farmersville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Weaver Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Forney Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Hay Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
McNelly Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (486 more) ...
Sugar Hill German Baptist Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Hisey Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Pyrmont Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Pyrmont Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Pyrmont . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960146 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Johnsville had a population of 278 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnsville, with the one closest to Johnsville listed first.
New Lebanon (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Ingomar (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Ingomar is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar Farmersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Amity (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Pyrmont (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont Liberty (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Liberty is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Airhill (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Airhill is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill West Alexandria (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Trotwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Brookville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ellerton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Ellerton is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerton Dodson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Dodson is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Continue List (15 more) ...
Bachman (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Bachman is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachman Gratis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Germantown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnsville .
Newspapers Published in Johnsville ...
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 230 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnsville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Johnsville.
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 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 Johnsville:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Montgomery County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Butler County Champaign County Clark County Clinton County Darke County Greene County Hamilton County Miami County Preble County Shelby County Warren County Williams County Franklin County Randolph County Union County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Montgomery County: https://www.mcohio.org/
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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Johnsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Johnsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.