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 Lore City (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 Lore City. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Lore City is located in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County: Belmont, Coshocton, Harrison, Muskingum, Noble & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Lore City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lore City:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Lore City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Gibson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gibson is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Old Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Easton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Senecaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Byesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Salesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Brady ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Barnesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Bethesda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Morristown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Holloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Flushing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lafferty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Loomis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loomis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Bannock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Plainfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Coshocton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Canal Lewisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Freeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Deersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Feed Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- New Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Tappan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Station Fifteen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Miltonsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Lewisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Jerusalem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Stafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Ozark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Woodsfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beallsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beallsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beallsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Edwina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Coats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Graysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Mount Carrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carrick
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Reinersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Hackney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Durant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Neelysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- McConnelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- New Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Norwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- McDonald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Museville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Adamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Philo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Blue Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Kennonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mud Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Mount Ephraim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Batesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Whigville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Sarahsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Belle Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Summerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Caldwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Sharon
(17 miles [27.4 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 Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Peoli
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Postboy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- West Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Gilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Newcomerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Port Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Wolf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Gnadenhutten
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Dennison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Macksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lower Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Warner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Dalzell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lore City, see our County-by-County Page for Lore City.
Cemeteries Near Lore City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lore City.
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 Lore City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lore City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Lore City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Greek Orthodox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Station Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Weaver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frame #1 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Senecaville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jackman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McQuade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Washington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (607 more) ...
- Battle Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Enon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lore City had a population of 148 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Lore City had a population of 309 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lore City, with the one closest to Lore City listed first.
- Gibson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gibson is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Robins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robins is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Senecaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Craig
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Craig is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Byesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chaseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chaseville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Kennonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Salesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brady ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bluebell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Quaker City
(8 miles [12.9 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 Lore City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lore City.
Newspapers Published in Lore City ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lore City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lore City, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lore City.
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 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 Lore City:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Guernsey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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 Lore City, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lore City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |