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 The Knolls (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 The Knolls. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
The Knolls is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near The Knolls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Knolls:
- Clark County (The home county of The Knolls)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- New Moorefield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Northridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Oakwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Greenlawn Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Eagle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Tremont City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Catawba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Kenwood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- South Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Powhattan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mutual
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Westville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Kingscreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mechanicsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Mingo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Christiansburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Lewisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yatesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Octa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Lake Darby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Amlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Lamb Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Alton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Hilliard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Fairborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilberforce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Trebein
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Beavercreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- West Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Middleburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Zanesfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefontaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Mansfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Plumwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- London
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- South Solon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Gillivan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chrisman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Amity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Plain City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Lena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Alcony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Conover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Casstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kessler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Huber Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Dayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Pasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Port Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Maplewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Milford Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- New California
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Knolls, see our County-by-County Page for The Knolls.
Cemeteries Near The Knolls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Knolls.
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 The Knolls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Knolls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- Moorefield Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Winn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graybill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <2>
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- Tuttle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find The Knolls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Knolls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Knolls, with the one closest to The Knolls listed first.
- New Moorefield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Bowlusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
- Eagle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Lagonda
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Tremont City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Catawba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Mutual
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Urbana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terre Haute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oxtoby ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oxtoby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxtoby
- Westville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Thorps
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thorps is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorps
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Knolls. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Knolls.
Newspapers Published in The Knolls ...
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 190 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Knolls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Knolls, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Knolls.
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 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 The Knolls:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 The Knolls, 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' (or 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- The Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |