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 Mantua (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 Mantua. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Mantua 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 Mantua. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mantua:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Mantua)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Oldham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
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- Abledell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Cambridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Birds Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Kimbolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clio ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Claysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Spring Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Brady ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Byesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Barnesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Holloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Plainfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Canal Lewisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Chili
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Cooperdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Warsaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Metham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Smyrna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Deersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Station Fifteen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Farmerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Gratiot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Reform
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Durant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Reinersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Hackney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- McConnelsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Deavertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- New Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Rock Cut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Gilbert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- McDonald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Dresden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Zanesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Mount Zion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Belle Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Hoskinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Mount Ephraim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Sarahsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Olive Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Batesville
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Caldwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Summerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Roseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Postboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bernice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Peoli
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Wolf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Gilmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Stone Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Baltic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tuscarawas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mantua, see our County-by-County Page for Mantua.
Cemeteries Near Mantua ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mantua.
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 Mantua - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mantua covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sarchet Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Northfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morrow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
- The Bloomfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Twp. Cemetery
- Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McNeals Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (590 more) ...
- Northwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Otsego Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Mantua in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mantua.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
- Boden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boden is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
- Indian Camp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Flat Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Cassell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Oldham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Cambridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Otsego
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- New Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tyner is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Birds Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Linton Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
- Kimbolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Salem is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- Guernsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mantua. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mantua.
Newspapers Published in Mantua ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mantua.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mantua, 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 Mantua.
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 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 Mantua:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Guernsey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas 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 Mantua, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mantua) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |