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 Manara (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 Manara. 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.
Manara is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Manara. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manara:
- Fayette County (The home county of Manara)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Yatesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hagler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Jeffersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- South Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Cortsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- South Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Sabina
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Clinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Port William
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Stoutsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Amanda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lithopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Harrisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Pleasant Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Grove City Country Club
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Galloway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Grove City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lockbourne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Urbancrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Urbancrest is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbancrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
- Lake Darby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Bowersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Grape Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Cedarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Greenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- New Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Barretts Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Range
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- South Solon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Summerford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Gillivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Plumwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- New Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pherson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Williamsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Darbyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Matville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Fox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Orient
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Commercial Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Logan Elm Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Circleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Cynthiana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Clarksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Austin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roxabell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Yellowbud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Lattaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- South Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Musselman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Andersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Fruitdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Humboldt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bourneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manara, see our County-by-County Page for Manara.
Cemeteries Near Manara ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manara.
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 Manara - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manara covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Otterbein Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sates Gamble Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Waterloo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester Cemetery
- The Jester Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grimes Cemetery
- Messmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Holland Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland Union Cemetery
- The New Holland Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Holland Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Arron Kellar Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leavell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (501 more) ...
- Bloomingburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Britton Chaffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Manara had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manara, with the one closest to Manara listed first.
- Pancoastburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pancoastburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoastburg
- Johnson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Madison Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Madison Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Kingfred ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingfred is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfred
- New Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- McLean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McLean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
- Atlanta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Washington Court House
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Mount Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yatesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Chenoweth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chenoweth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manara. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manara.
Newspapers Published in Manara ...
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 Manara.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manara, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manara.
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 Manara:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross 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 Manara, 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- Manara) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |