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 Maxville (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 Maxville. 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 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.
Maxville is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Maxville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maxville:
- Perry County (The home county of Maxville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- New Straitsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Junction City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hemlock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Avalon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- New Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Congo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Drakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rehoboth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Rendville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Corning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Bessemer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Nelsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Buchtel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Glouster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Carbondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Chauncey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Rushville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Sugar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Pleasantville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Thurston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Fairfield Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Baltimore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Millersport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Canal Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Logan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Sand Run Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Union Furnace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- New Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Rockbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Candy Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Jobs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orbiston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Harbor Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Brownsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buckeye Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gratiot
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Kirkersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Heath
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Deavertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Elliott Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Wrightstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Eagleport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Westland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Joy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Durant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Malta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chesterhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McConnelsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Todds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Neelysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Fultonham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Cannelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Darlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- South Zanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Blue Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Philo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- McDonald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Museville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- North Zanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Pleasant Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Thacher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Knollwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Ross County
- Adelphi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Stella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Zaleski
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- McArthur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dundas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Arbaugh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Vales Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maxville, see our County-by-County Page for Maxville.
Cemeteries Near Maxville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxville.
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 Maxville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maxville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Webb's Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Danison - Nixon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Logan.
- The Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery has also been known as:
- Huddle Cemetery
- Rhodes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42885 <3>
- Otterbein Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (668 more) ...
- South Harvey Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brethren Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brethren Church Cemetery
- The Brethren Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brethren Cemetery
- Fellowship United Methodist 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Maxville had a population of 141 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maxville, with the one closest to Maxville listed first.
- Webb Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webb Summit is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Summit
- Gore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gore is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
- Crossenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crossenville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossenville
- Dicksonton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dicksonton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonton
- Joe ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- New Straitsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McCuneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCuneville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCuneville
- Logan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greendale is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Shawnee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Junction City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Sand Run Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maxville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maxville.
Newspapers Published in Maxville ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maxville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maxville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Maxville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton 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- Maxville) 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 Maxville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |