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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Maddens. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Maddens to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Maddens, please Contact Us.
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 Maddens (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 Maddens. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Maddens is historic, it would have been located within present day Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Maddens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maddens:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Maddens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Gilbert
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- North Zanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Rock Cut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Zanesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- South Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Dresden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Buckeye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Trinway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Darlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Conesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Cooperdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Coshocton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Plainfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- New Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Mohawk Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- West Lafayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nellie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Metham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Millersport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Claysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Abledell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Birds Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Cumberland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Spring Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kimbolton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Pleasant City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Bladensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Martinsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Pipesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Gratiot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hanover
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Reform
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Ben
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Wilkins Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Durant
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Deavertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Malta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McConnelsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morganville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Reinersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Neelysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Hackney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Mount Zion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Hoskinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Caldwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Roseville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Crooksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Chalfants
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Clover Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Glenford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carthon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Postboy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Wolf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maddens, see our County-by-County Page for Maddens.
Cemeteries Near Maddens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maddens.
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 Maddens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maddens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Prosser Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Washington Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garnger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sherrods Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beatty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baxter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boxter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (554 more) ...
- Old St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Maddens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maddens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maddens, with the one closest to Maddens listed first.
- Gilbert
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Ellis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ellis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- East Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Greenwood is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwood
- Dillon Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dillon Falls is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Falls
- West Zanesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Zanesville
- Zanesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Sonora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sonora is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Rock Cut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Putnam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Putnam is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Griffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Bridgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Adamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Carlwick ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carlwick is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlwick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maddens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maddens.
Newspapers Published in Maddens ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maddens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maddens, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maddens.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Maddens:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Maddens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Maddens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |