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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 Mill Run (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 Mill Run. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Mill Run is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.

Below are the counties that are near Mill Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Run:

  • Muskingum County     (The home county of Mill Run)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Pleasant Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • North Zanesville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
    • Wortley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Wortley is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
    • Zanesville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • South Zanesville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
    • Buckeye
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Gilbert
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Darlington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Darlington is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
    • Philo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Philo is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 728 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philo <1>
    • White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
    • Rock Cut
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
    • Seawright ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Seawright is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
    • Cannelville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
  • Athens County
    • Hartleyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hartleyville is located in Athens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
  • Coshocton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Conesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Conesville is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
    • Cooperdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
    • West Bedford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
    • Plainfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Coshocton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Canal Lewisville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
    • New Guilford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
    • West Lafayette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mohawk Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
    • Warsaw
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • White Womans Town ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
    • Nellie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Nellie is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
    • Metham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Metham is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Fairfield Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
    • Rushville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Rushville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
    • Lakeside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Millersport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Pleasantville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Thurston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Thurston is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
  • Guernsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Claysville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Claysville is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
    • Cumberland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Abledell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Abledell is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
    • Meadow Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
    • Bluebell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
      • Bluebell has also been known as:
      • Opperman
    • Cambridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Oldham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Oldham is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
    • Byesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Spring Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Birds Run
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
    • Pleasant City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Center is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Bladensburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Esto ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Esto is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
    • Martinsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Licking County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Gratiot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Gratiot is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
    • Brownsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Little Claylick ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Little Claylick is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
    • Hanover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hanover is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
    • Claylick ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Claylick is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
    • Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
    • Reform
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Reform is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
    • Ben
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ben is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
    • Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
    • Reservoir ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Reservoir is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
    • Frampton ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Frampton is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
    • Rain Rock ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rain Rock is located in Licking County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
    • Newark
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Durant
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Durant is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
    • Deavertown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Deavertown is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
    • Eagleport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Eagleport is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
    • Malta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • McConnelsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Morganville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Morganville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
      • Morganville has also been known as:
      • Morgan
      • Wolf Creek
    • Neelysville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Neelysville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
    • Reinersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Reinersville is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
    • Hackney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hackney is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
    • Westland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Westland is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
    • Elliott Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
    • Stockport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Todds
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Todds is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Hoskinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
    • Olive Green
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Olive Green is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
    • Mount Zion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Mount Zion is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Belle Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sharon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharon is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Sarahsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sarahsville is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
    • Caldwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Roseville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Mount Perry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Perry is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
    • Crooksville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Clover Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Clover Hill is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
    • Redfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Redfield is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
    • Chalfants
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Chalfants is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
    • Rehoboth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rehoboth is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
    • Glenford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Somerset
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • New Lexington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • San Toy ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • San Toy is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
      • San Toy has also been known as:
      • Santoy
    • Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
    • Carthon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Carthon is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
  • Tuscarawas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.
    • Postboy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
    • Newcomerstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Run, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Run.

Cemeteries Near Mill Run ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Run.

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 Mill Run - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.

  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Old St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Moxahala Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Prosser Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • United Jewish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (576 more) ...
    • Miller - Spangler Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview Methodist Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Methodist Cemetery
      • The Fairview Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fairview Cemetery
      • Fairview Church Cemetery
      • Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1996013 <2>
    • Crooks Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Mill Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mill Run.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Run, with the one closest to Mill Run listed first.

  • West Zanesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • West Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Zanesville
  • Zanesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Oakland ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oakland is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Putnam
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Putnam is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
  • South Zanesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
  • Dillon Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dillon Falls is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Falls
  • Muskingum ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Muskingum is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
  • Buckeye
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Griffin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Griffin is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Lewis ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewis is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Darlington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Darlington is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
  • Brush Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Brush Creek is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sealover ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sealover is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sealover
    • Carlwick ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Carlwick is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlwick
    • Sonora
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sonora is located in Muskingum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Run.

Newspapers Published in Mill Run ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Run.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Run, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill Run.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Mill Run:

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 Mill Run, 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- Mill Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.