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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 Linton Mills (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 Linton Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Linton Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Linton Mills: Linton Mls. (or less commonly used: Linton Mlls.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Linton Mills is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Linton Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linton Mills:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Linton Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Plainfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Fresno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Canal Lewisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chili
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- New Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Warsaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Metham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- West Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Hendrysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Holloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Barnesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Birds Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Odell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Abledell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Brady ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Birmingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Spring Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Freeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Feed Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Deersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Tappan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Farmerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Knox County
- Esto ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Reform
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- New Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Trinway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Dresden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Pleasant Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- North Zanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Shannon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Mount Zion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mount Ephraim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Mud Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Belle Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sarahsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Hoskinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Batesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Olive Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Whigville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Caldwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Postboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Wolf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Peoli
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Port Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Stone Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Baltic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Old Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linton Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Linton Mills.
Cemeteries Near Linton Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linton Mills.
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 Linton Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linton Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Worthing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Birds Run Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Banker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plainfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Miskimen Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marquands Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Morrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Northfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (608 more) ...
- Plainfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schweitzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Linton Mills had a population of 127 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linton Mills, with the one closest to Linton Mills listed first.
- Birds Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Plainfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Boden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boden is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
- Otsego
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Guernsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Bacon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Indian Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Kimbolton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Postboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- West Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tyner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tyner is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- North Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Salem is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- Booth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Booth is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linton Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linton Mills.
Newspapers Published in Linton Mills ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linton Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linton Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linton Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Linton Mills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Tuscarawas 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> | 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 Linton Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Linton Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |