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 Locust Grove (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 Locust Grove. 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 Locust Grove ...
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 Locust Grove: Locust Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Locust Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Locust Grove.
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 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.
Locust Grove is located in Licking 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 Licking County: Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Muskingum & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Locust Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Locust Grove:
- Licking County (The home county of Locust Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Heath
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Newark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Union Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Welsh Hills ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Welsh Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Hills
- Welsh Hills has also been known as:
- Welsh Hills Settlement
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Buckeye Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Granville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchard ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blanchard is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Blanchard has also been known as:
- Blanchard Settlement
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Cooperdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- New Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- West Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Mohawk Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Walhonding
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nellie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Green ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Center Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Harlem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Vans Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Condit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- North Condit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- South Condit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pleasantville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pickerington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Blacklick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- New Albany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Reynoldsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Canal Winchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Wonderland ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wonderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Blacklick Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Gahanna
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Truro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Hocking County
- Rockbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Martinsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bladensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hunt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Milfordton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Five Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Bangs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Pipesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Centerburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gambier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Mount Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Sparta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Nashport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Black Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Frazeysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Shannon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Zanesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- South Zanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Buckeye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Gilbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Rock Cut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Thornville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glenford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Mount Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Somerset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Rehoboth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway County
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Locust Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Locust Grove.
Cemeteries Near Locust Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Locust Grove.
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 Locust Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Locust Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sanford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jacksontown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dawes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Licking Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Luray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray Cemetery
- The Luray Cemetery has also been known as:
- Georges Chapel Cemetery
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (577 more) ...
- Linnville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Locust Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Locust Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Locust Grove, with the one closest to Locust Grove listed first.
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Thornport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thornport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornport
- Linnville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linnville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnville
- Granville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Thornville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yost
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yost is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Vanatta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vanatta is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanatta
- Outville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Kirkersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Locust Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Locust Grove.
Newspapers Published in Locust Grove ...
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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Locust Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Locust Grove, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Locust Grove.
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 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 Locust Grove:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Morgan County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway 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 Locust Grove, 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- Locust Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |