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 Kirkersville (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 Kirkersville. 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.
Kirkersville is located in Licking 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 Licking County: Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Muskingum & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Kirkersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirkersville:
- Licking County (The home county of Kirkersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Outville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Trails
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Pataskala
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Union Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Harbor Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Central City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Ash ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Green ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Harlem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Vans Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- South Condit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Condit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- North Condit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Africa ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Lakeside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Baltimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thurston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pickerington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Lancaster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Blacklick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Brice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- New Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Canal Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Blacklick Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Truro ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Whitehall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wonderland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wonderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Rockbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Centerburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Milfordton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Five Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Martinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Bangs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Mount Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bladensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Nashport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Black Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Fultonham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Frazeysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Darlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Zanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Thornville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glenford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Avalon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Mount Perry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Rehoboth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Saint Paul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- East Ringgold
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Ashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Commercial Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Tarlton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Circleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Matville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Fox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Thacher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirkersville, see our County-by-County Page for Kirkersville.
Cemeteries Near Kirkersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirkersville.
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 Kirkersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirkersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Kirkersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- York Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Jacobs Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Refugee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pike Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Luray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray Cemetery
- The Luray Cemetery has also been known as:
- Georges Chapel Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millersport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pataskala Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Etna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (582 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bickel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Warner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kirkersville had a population of 362 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Kirkersville had a population of 557 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirkersville, with the one closest to Kirkersville listed first.
- Outville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Millersport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pataskala
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Columbia Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Center is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Center
- Baltimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thurston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Wagram
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wagram is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagram
- Harley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ash ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Summit Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirkersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirkersville.
Newspapers Published in Kirkersville ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirkersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirkersville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirkersville.
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 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 Kirkersville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway 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 Kirkersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kirkersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |