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 Little Washington (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 Little Washington. 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 and hospitals 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.
Little Washington is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Little Washington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Washington:
- Richland County (The home county of Little Washington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Lucas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hanley Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Mansfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Bellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ontario
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Olivesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Ganges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Mifflin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Perrysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McKay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Hayesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Loudonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ashland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jeromesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Lakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Ruggles
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Crestline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Tiro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Robinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- North Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bucyrus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chatfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Delaware County
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Miley Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Holmesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Killbuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Greenwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Delphi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- New Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- New London
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Celeryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Fitchville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Willard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- North Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Nunda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Batemantown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Jelloway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Fredericktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Amity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Dorema
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Green Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Mount Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buckeye City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Licking County
- Lock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Huntington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Martel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Medina County
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Chesterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Mount Gilead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sparta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cardington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Marengo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Shawtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Funk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- New Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Lattasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Shreve
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Millbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- West Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Congress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Devil Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Wooster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Aukerman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Washington, see our County-by-County Page for Little Washington.
Cemeteries Near Little Washington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Washington.
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 Little Washington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Washington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Little Washington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Banks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Caesarea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- German Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hastings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mansfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mansfield Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mansfield.
- The Mansfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mansfield City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977519 <2>
- Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lantz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Mansfield Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mansfield Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mansfield.
- The Mansfield Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308520 <2>
- Petit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lexington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Little Washington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Washington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Washington, with the one closest to Little Washington listed first.
- Lucas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hastings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Mansfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Newville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mifflin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Perrysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Widowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Widowville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widowville
- Pavonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pavonia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavonia
- Ontario
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spring Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mill is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Darlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Bangorville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bangorville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangorville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Washington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Washington.
Newspapers Published in Little Washington ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Washington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Washington, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Washington.
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 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 Little Washington:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Coshocton County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow 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 Little Washington, 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- Little Washington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |