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 Knollwood (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 Knollwood. 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 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.
Knollwood is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Knollwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knollwood:
- Greene County (The home county of Knollwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Beavercreek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trebein
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Fairborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bellbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Xenia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilberforce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yellow Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roxanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Cedarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Poast Town Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Poast Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Astoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Astoria is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- South Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Middletown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonburg is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Miltonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miltonville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville
- Trenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kyles is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles
- Taylor Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Village
- Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Christiansburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Powhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Millerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Holiday Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Crystal Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Enon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- New Carlisle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Donnelsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Limestone City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Green Hedges
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Dodo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Shawnee Acres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Cortsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- New Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Port William
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Clarksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Blanchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Gordon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Pitsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ithaca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Octa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jeffersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Madison County
- South Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Ginghamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Tipp City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alcony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Kessler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Garland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Casstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ludlow Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Potsdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Potsdam is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Laura
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Kettering
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Northridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gem City Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- Moraine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Huber Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Ingomar
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- West Alexandria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Verona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gratis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Euphemia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Elkton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Kenricksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Waynesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Five Points
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Corwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Springboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Hunter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Greentree Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greentree Corners is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners
- Hageman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hageman is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman
- Williams County
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knollwood, see our County-by-County Page for Knollwood.
Cemeteries Near Knollwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knollwood.
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 Knollwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knollwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Haverstick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverstick Cemetery
- The Haverstick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harshman Cemetery
- Koogler Cemetery
- Zimmerman Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Aley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hawker Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morgan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shoup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hering Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Schmidt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gerlaugh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Beavercreek.
- The Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver Cemetery
- Beavercreek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977306 <2>
- Reese - Peto Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese - Peto Cemetery
- The Reese - Peto Cemetery has also been known as:
- Unity Cemetery
- Continue List (527 more) ...
- Kemp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beavertown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown Cemetery
- The Beavertown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beulah Cemetery
- Ewry Cemetery
- Stutsman Cemetery
- Huston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Knollwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knollwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knollwood, with the one closest to Knollwood listed first.
- Zimmerman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Zimmerman is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
- Alpha
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alpha is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Trebein
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Byron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Bellbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oldtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oldtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bryson ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bryson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Xenia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Carrollton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roxanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Wilberforce
(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 Knollwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knollwood.
Newspapers Published in Knollwood ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knollwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knollwood, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knollwood.
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 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 Knollwood:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Darke County
- Fayette County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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 Knollwood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Knollwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |