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 Kinnikinnick (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 Kinnikinnick. 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 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.
Kinnikinnick is located in Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Kinnikinnick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kinnikinnick:
- Ross County (The home county of Kinnikinnick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Riton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Yellowbud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Chillicothe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Deadman Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Musselman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Adelphi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Massieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Schooley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Clarksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Stoutsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amanda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Sugar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lithopolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lancaster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Cook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Court House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Lockbourne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Canal Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grove City Country Club
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Obetz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Greenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- New Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- East Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Laurelville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Apple
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- South Bloomingville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gibisonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- West Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Ray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Limerick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Coalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Glade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Altoona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Wellston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- Mount Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Elmwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Thacher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Circleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Knollwood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Tarlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- East Ringgold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Grange Hall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- New Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pherson
(18 miles [29 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 Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Peck
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Bristol Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Waverly City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Jean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Mount Sinai
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Greggs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Piketon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Zahn's Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Cynthiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Latham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Stella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- McArthur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Hamden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kinnikinnick, see our County-by-County Page for Kinnikinnick.
Cemeteries Near Kinnikinnick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kinnikinnick.
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 Kinnikinnick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kinnikinnick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Crouse Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hopetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Overly Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel Cemetery
- The Union Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Andersonville Cemetery
- Salem White Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem White Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem White Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Kingston.
- The Salem White Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Salem Reformed Church Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
- Salem Reform Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chillicothe Correctional Institute Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (637 more) ...
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Young Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Springbank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Kinnikinnick had a population of 60 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kinnikinnick, with the one closest to Kinnikinnick listed first.
- Hopetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hopetown is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopetown
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Elmwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Chillicothe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hallsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hallsville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Yellowbud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Slate Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Mills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Tucson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tucson is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson
- Whisler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whisler is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisler
- Greenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Musselman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Stringtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Schooley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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 Kinnikinnick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kinnikinnick.
Newspapers Published in Kinnikinnick ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kinnikinnick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kinnikinnick, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kinnikinnick.
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 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 Kinnikinnick:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Vinton 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kinnikinnick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kinnikinnick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |