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 McLeish (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 McLeish. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
McLeish is located in Athens 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 Athens County: Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington & Wood (WV).
Below are the counties that are near McLeish. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McLeish:
- Athens County (The home county of McLeish)
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Hartleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greens Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Truetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Buchtel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Bessemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Nelsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chauncey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Murray City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Jobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Orbiston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- New Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Candy Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sand Run Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Logan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gratiot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Tuppers Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Point Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Wrightstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Elliott Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Joy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Westland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Morganville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Chesterhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Todds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Deavertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Malta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McConnelsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Durant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Cannelville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Blue Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Museville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Darlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Philo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- South Zanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- McDonald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Zanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Dungannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Olive Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Corning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Drakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Congo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Rendville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Ludington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- New Straitsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- New Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rehoboth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Zaleski
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Arbaugh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Stella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Vales Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- McArthur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Oreton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Luke Chute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Wolf Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Decaturville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Napier
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Napier is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Beverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fillmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Barlow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Watertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Vincent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Redbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redbush is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Churchtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Wood County (WV)
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McLeish, see our County-by-County Page for McLeish.
Cemeteries Near McLeish ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McLeish.
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 McLeish - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McLeish covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Conn Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glouster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stuart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Murray City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Asberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sands Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lefever Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (701 more) ...
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bishopville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem 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.<3>
While we didn't find McLeish in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McLeish.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McLeish, with the one closest to McLeish listed first.
- Hartleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Oakdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oakdale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Derthick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Derthick is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derthick
- Hollister
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hollister is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Glouster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Hamburg ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Murray City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bishopville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bishopville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Jobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Orbiston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Drakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Buckingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McLeish. See our List of 1890's Communities around McLeish.
Newspapers Published in McLeish ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around McLeish.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McLeish, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McLeish.
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 McLeish:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Athens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Wood 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 McLeish, 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' (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- McLeish) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |