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 Killbuck (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 Killbuck. 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 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.
Killbuck is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Stark, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Killbuck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Killbuck:
- Holmes County (The home county of Killbuck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Millersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stillwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Holmesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Charm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Farmerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Loudonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jeromesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Rowsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Mifflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Redhaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Layland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- New Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nellie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Mohawk Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Walhonding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Chili
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Canal Lewisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fresno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Guernsey County
- Birds Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Gann
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Buckeye City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Esto ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Millwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Jelloway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Pipesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Amity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Nunda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Bladensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Black Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Rock Cut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Shannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Adamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Newville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- East Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Navarre Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- West Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Westarado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Mayflower Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- North Lawrence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Baltic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Dundee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Strasburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wolf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Parral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Newcomerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Old Town
(27 miles [43.5 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 Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Shreve
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Millbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Funk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Apple Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Eaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wooster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Boys Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Devil Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- New Pittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Killbuck, see our County-by-County Page for Killbuck.
Cemeteries Near Killbuck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Killbuck.
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 Killbuck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Killbuck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Oakhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shrimplin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Christy Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Uhl Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhl Family Cemetery
- The Uhl Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uhl Cemetery
- Monroe Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Big Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run Cemetery
- The Big Run Cemetery has also been known as:
- Methodist Protestant Cemetery
- Mt. Pisquah Cemetery
- Nazarene Cemetery
- Welcome Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (652 more) ...
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- The Elliott Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Elliott Methodist Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Oakhill Cemetery
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Killbuck had a population of 520 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Killbuck had a population of 921 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Killbuck, with the one closest to Killbuck listed first.
- Welcome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welcome is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Layland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Grade ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grade is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grade
- Millersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Paint Valley is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Valley
- Stillwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Blissfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- Spring Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Mountain is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mountain
- Helmick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- Saltillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Metham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Becks Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Becks Mills is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Mills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Holmesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Charm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Killbuck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Killbuck.
Newspapers Published in Killbuck ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Killbuck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Killbuck, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Killbuck.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Killbuck:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Richland 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> | 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 Killbuck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Killbuck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |