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 Limpytown (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 Limpytown. 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.
Limpytown 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 Limpytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Limpytown:
- Holmes County (The home county of Limpytown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Farmerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Killbuck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stillwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Miley Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Ashland County
- Loudonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Atwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Sherrodsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Queensboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Dellroy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Valleyview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- New Bedford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Layland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- West Lafayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Metham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Coshocton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warsaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nellie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Birds Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Oldham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Feed Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Bowerston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tappan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Conotton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Deersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Freeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Gann
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Esto ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Jelloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Millwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Wilmot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Justus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Sherman Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- East Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- West Brookfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- East Sparta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Comet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Shanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baltic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Parral
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Old Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- New Philadelphia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Dalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shreve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Millbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Burton City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Wooster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boys Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Limpytown, see our County-by-County Page for Limpytown.
Cemeteries Near Limpytown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Limpytown.
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 Limpytown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Limpytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Levi Erb Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hersberger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersberger Cemetery
- The Hersberger Cemetery has also been known as:
- Christ Yoder Farm Cemetery
- Hershberger Cemetery
- Farmerstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Farmerstown Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown Mennonite Cemetery
- The Farmerstown Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical & Reformed Church Cemetery
- Farmerstown Cemetery
- Beachy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachy Cemetery
- The Beachy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paul N. Miller Farm Cemetery
- Henry Beachy Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walnut Creek Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek Mennonite Cemetery
- The Walnut Creek Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walnut Creek Mennonite Church Cemetery
- William Beachy Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Roman D. Miller Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Melvin Shetler Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Albert A. Raber Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Levi L. Yoder Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levi L. Yoder Farm Cemetery
- The Levi L. Yoder Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Troyer Valley Cemetery
- Continue List (662 more) ...
- Kaufman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crist E. Miller Farm Cemetery
- Delbert Shelter Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delbert Shelter Farm Cemetery
- The Delbert Shelter Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Delbert Shetler Farm 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.<3>
While we didn't find Limpytown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Limpytown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Limpytown, with the one closest to Limpytown listed first.
- Farmerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Walnut Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sugarcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Charm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baltic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ragersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ragersville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragersville
- Barrs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Becks Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Becks Mills is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Mills
- Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trail is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Saltillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saltillo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Chili
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Winfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Limpytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Limpytown.
Newspapers Published in Limpytown ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Limpytown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Limpytown, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Limpytown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Limpytown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Knox County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Summit 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> | 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 Limpytown, 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- Limpytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |