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 Meadow Village (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 Meadow Village. 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.
Name Variations for Meadow Village ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Meadow Village: Meadow Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Meadow Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Meadow Village.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Meadow Village 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 Meadow Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meadow Village:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Meadow Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Abledell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Cambridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oldham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Byesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Clio ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Lore City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brady ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Bluebell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Barnesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Holloway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Bethesda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Morristown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flushing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Plainfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Canal Lewisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Chili
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Cooperdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Metham
(30 miles [48.3 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 Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Smyrna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Lewisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Miltonsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Stafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Jerusalem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Reinersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Durant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Hackney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- McConnelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Malta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown
(29 miles [46.7 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 Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- New Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Norwich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Adamsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McDonald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Museville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Philo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Gilbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Pleasant Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rock Cut
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Mount Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mount Ephraim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Mud Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Belle Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sarahsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Hoskinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Whigville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Batesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Caldwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Summerfield
(21 miles [33.8 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 Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Roseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Postboy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Bernice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Newcomerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Peoli
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Gilmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- 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
- Wolf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Port Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stone Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tuscarawas
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Baltic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Macksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meadow Village, see our County-by-County Page for Meadow Village.
Cemeteries Near Meadow Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meadow Village.
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 Meadow Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meadow Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Founders Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Northwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Cambridge.
- The Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Chapel Cemetery
- Guernsey Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sarchet Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (588 more) ...
- Sigman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Meadow Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meadow Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meadow Village, with the one closest to Meadow Village listed first.
- Cambridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cassell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Oldham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Byesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Craig
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- New Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Tyner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tyner is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Robins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robins is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Clio ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Bluebell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Flat Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lore City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meadow Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meadow Village.
Newspapers Published in Meadow Village ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadow Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meadow Village, 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 Meadow Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Meadow Village:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Guernsey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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> | 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- Meadow Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Meadow Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |