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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Massie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Massie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Massie, 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 Massie (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 Massie. 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 and doctors 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 Massie is historic, it would have been located within present day Scioto 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 Scioto County: Greenup (KY), Lewis (KY), Adams, Jackson, Lawrence & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Massie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Massie:
- Scioto County (The home county of Massie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Purdy Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
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- Harrison Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- Minford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Webster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scioto Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scioto Furnace is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Furnace
- Hales Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hales Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Creek
- Slocum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Slocum is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Slocum has also been known as:
- Slocums Station
- Wait
- Watt
- Sciotodale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sciotodale is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotodale
- Sciotoville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sciotoville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotoville
- Lucasville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wheelersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Jaybird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Mineral Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Blue Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Edna ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edna is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Rio Grande
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alice
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Cora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cora is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Ewington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Vinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Patriot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rodney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rodney is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Wigner ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wigner is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigner
- Kerr
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kerr is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Mills Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mills Village is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Village
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Banner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Blackfork Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blackfork Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfork Junction
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rempel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rempel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rempel
- Limerick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Petrea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Coalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Altoona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Pattonsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Pedro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pedro is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
- Johns Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johns Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
- Sherritts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherritts is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherritts
- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Hanging Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Ironton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kitts Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kitts Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Hill
- Aid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aid is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aid
- Greasy Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greasy Ridge is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Ridge
- Andis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Andis is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andis
- Coal Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Meigs County
- Point Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Beaver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Shyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Wakefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Wetmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Greggs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Sargents
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Zahn's Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Coopersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Mount Sinai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Piketon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Glen Jean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Richmond Dale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Alma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Schooley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Deadman Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Massieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Nipgen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Summithill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Chillicothe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Richland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Hamden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Oreton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Wilkesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- McArthur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arbaugh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Boyd County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Millseat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Millseat is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millseat
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Westwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Frost
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- South Shore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Portsmouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Grays Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Lloyd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Greenup
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Worthington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Worthington is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
- Wurtland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wurtland is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Raceland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
- Flatwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Russell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Firebrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Quincy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Garrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Massie, see our County-by-County Page for Massie.
Cemeteries Near Massie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Massie.
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 Massie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Massie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Jenkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jenkins Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Minford.
- White Gravel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mault Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mabee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kronk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gregory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kelly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dever Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (774 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Downey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
Massie itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Massie, with the one closest to Massie listed first.
- Wallace Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wallace Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Mills
- Harrison Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- Grahamsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grahamsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamsville
- Edmunds Switch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edmunds Switch is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Switch
- South Webster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Beaver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gephart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gephart is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gephart
- Scioto Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scioto Furnace is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Furnace
- Germany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Germany is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Hales Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hales Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Creek
- Eifort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eifort is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eifort
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Slocum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Slocum is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Slocum has also been known as:
- Slocums Station
- Wait
- Watt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Massie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Massie.
Newspapers Published in Massie ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Massie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Massie, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Massie.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Massie:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Scioto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Gallia County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Meigs County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Vinton County
- Boyd County
- Greenup County
- Lewis 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 Massie, 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Massie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |