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 Keene (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 Keene. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Keene is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Keene. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keene:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Keene)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Canal Lewisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Coshocton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chili
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Metham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Layland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Nellie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Conesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Mohawk Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Ashland County
- Loudonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Birds Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Odell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Abledell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Birmingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Brady ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cambridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Meadow Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Spring Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Winterset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Charm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Killbuck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stillwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glenmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Gann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Buckeye City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Millwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Bladensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pipesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Jelloway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Martinsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gambier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Reform
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Hanover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Wilkins Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Frazeysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Gilbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Black Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Wilmot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Baltic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomerstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wolf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Stone Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Port Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Barrs Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Old Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shreve
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Mount Eaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Apple Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keene, see our County-by-County Page for Keene.
Cemeteries Near Keene ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keene.
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 Keene - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keene covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Keene Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Keene Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Reamer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Memory Garden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Eyes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Cemetery
- The White Eyes Cemetery has also been known as:
- White Eyes Methodist Church Cemetery
- Knob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roscoe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Roscoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Coshocton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972607 <3>
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (614 more) ...
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burkhardt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caton 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Keene had a population of 196 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keene, with the one closest to Keene listed first.
- Canal Lewisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Roscoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roscoe is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Coshocton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Morgan Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- Helmick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- Chili
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Blissfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- Metham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Warsaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tyrone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- New Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Layland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Willowbrook ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keene. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keene.
Newspapers Published in Keene ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keene.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keene, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keene.
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 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 Keene:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Keene) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Keene, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |