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 Lucasburg (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 Lucasburg. 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 hospitals 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.
Lucasburg 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 Lucasburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lucasburg:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Lucasburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Byesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Bluebell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buffalo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Senecaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Abledell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Claysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Lore City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Barnesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Bethesda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Morristown
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Flushing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loomis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Loomis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Plainfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coshocton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Canal Lewisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Chili
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Smyrna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Lewisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Stafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Miltonsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Jerusalem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Ozark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ozark is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Wilson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Edwina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Woodsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beallsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beallsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beallsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Coats
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Graysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Reinersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Hackney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Durant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- McConnelsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Malta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Stockport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- New Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Norwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- McDonald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Museville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Philo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blue Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Mount Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mount Ephraim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Belle Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Sarahsville
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Whigville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Caldwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Olive Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Batesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Roseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Postboy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Peoli
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Bernice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Newcomerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Gilmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wolf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Gnadenhutten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stone Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Macksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lower Salem
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Lowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Whipple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Dalzell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lucasburg, see our County-by-County Page for Lucasburg.
Cemeteries Near Lucasburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lucasburg.
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 Lucasburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lucasburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Enon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Cambridge.
- The Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Chapel Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harmony Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Claysville.
- The Harmony Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harmony Christian Church Cemetery
- Harmony Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142715 <3>
- Bethel Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sigman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant City Protestant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Hartford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (631 more) ...
- St. Michaels Greek Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Founders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Lucasburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lucasburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lucasburg, with the one closest to Lucasburg listed first.
- Byesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robins is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Bluebell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Buffalo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cambridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Senecaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Craig
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Craig is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Glenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenwood is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Lore City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cassell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Chaseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Oldham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Cumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lucasburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lucasburg.
Newspapers Published in Lucasburg ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lucasburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lucasburg, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lucasburg.
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 either 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 Lucasburg:
- 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
- Perry 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> | 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- Lucasburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lucasburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |