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 Milligan (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 Milligan. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Milligan is located in Perry County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Milligan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Milligan:
- Perry County (The home county of Milligan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Crooksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Rehoboth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Roseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Redfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- New Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Congo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Rendville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Drakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Hartleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Bessemer
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Greens Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Nelsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Truetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Chauncey
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 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 Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Rushville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Rushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Fairfield Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Pleasantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Thurston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lakeside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Baltimore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Cumberland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Claysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Bluebell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- New Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Murray City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Jobs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Sand Run Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Orbiston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Carbon Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Candy Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Union Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Gratiot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Harbor Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckeye Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Deavertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Eagleport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Morganville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Malta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McConnelsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Westland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Neelysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Wrightstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Joy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Todds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Cannelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Fultonham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Darlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Blue Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Philo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Zanesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Museville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- McDonald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Olive Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Hoskinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Belle Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dungannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Vinton County
- Hope ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Luke Chute
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Wolf Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Beverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Milligan, see our County-by-County Page for Milligan.
Cemeteries Near Milligan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milligan.
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 Milligan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Milligan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- Teal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McCaslin Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Iliff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bear Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holcomb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crooksville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McLuney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (654 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion Christian Union Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44275 <2>
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 Milligan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Milligan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Milligan, with the one closest to Milligan listed first.
- McLuney
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McLuney is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLuney
- Rose Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rose Farm is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Farm
- Lyonsdale ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lyonsdale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Crooksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sayre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sayre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Deavertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Moxahala
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moxahala is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxahala
- Rehoboth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Portersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Portersville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Saltillo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saltillo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Roseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Redfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- New Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Rendville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Milligan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milligan.
Newspapers Published in Milligan ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milligan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Milligan, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Milligan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Milligan:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Vinton 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> | 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 Milligan, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Milligan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |