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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mechanicsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mechanicsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mechanicsville, 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 Mechanicsville (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 Mechanicsville. 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 Mechanicsville is historic, it would have been located within present day Greene 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 Greene County: Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Mechanicsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mechanicsville:
- Greene County (The home county of Mechanicsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Bowersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- New Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Grape Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Cedarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilberforce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Trebein
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Brown County
- Saint Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Champaign County
- Powhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Cortsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- South Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Lisbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Shawnee Acres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Kenwood Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Enon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Limestone City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- South Vienna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Port William
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Sabina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Wilmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Kingman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- New Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Lees Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Memphis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Morrisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- New Vienna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Clarksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Octa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Jeffersonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hagler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Bridges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Willettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Lynchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hoagland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- New Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- South Solon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Range
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Mount Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kettering
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Hooks Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Huber Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- Moraine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Riverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Northridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- New Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grange Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Austin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Fruitdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- South Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Harveysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Waynesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kenricksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Osceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- San Je Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- San Je Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Je Village
- Springboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butlerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Butlerville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Red Lion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Williams County
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mechanicsville, see our County-by-County Page for Mechanicsville.
Cemeteries Near Mechanicsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mechanicsville.
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 Mechanicsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mechanicsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Old Silver Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sheley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sheeley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Silvercreek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvercreek Cemetery
- The Silvercreek Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Jamestown Cemetery
- Silver Creek Cemetery
- Hussey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hussey Cemetery
- The Hussey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowersville Cemetery
- Cline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bab Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mills - McKillip Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caesar Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (520 more) ...
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(5 miles [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.
While we didn't find Mechanicsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mechanicsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bowersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Pearsons ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pearsons is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons
- Edgefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edgefield is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Paintersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paintersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Port William
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Octa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- West Lancaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Lancaster is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lancaster
- Grape Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Lumberton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lumberton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Milledgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Blessing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blessing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blessing
- Gladstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gladstone is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mechanicsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mechanicsville.
Newspapers Published in Mechanicsville ...
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 Mechanicsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mechanicsville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mechanicsville.
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 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 Mechanicsville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Montgomery County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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 Mechanicsville, 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 '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- Mechanicsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |