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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Monticello. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Monticello to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Monticello, 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 Monticello (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 Monticello. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Monticello is historic, it would have been located within present day Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Monticello. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monticello:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Monticello)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Millersport
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lakeside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Fairfield Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Thurston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pickerington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rushville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Green ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Harlem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Vans Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- South Condit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Condit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Africa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blacklick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Blacklick Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Edgewater Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Groveport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Truro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- New Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Rockbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Laurelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Martinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centerburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Five Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Hunt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Bladensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Kirkersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Buckeye Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Outville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Harbor Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Union Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Beechwood Trails
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Pataskala
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Fultonham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Nashport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Frazeysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Darlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Zanesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buckeye
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cannelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- North Zanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Thornville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glenford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Avalon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Somerset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Mount Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- New Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Crooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Saint Paul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- East Ringgold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Ashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- South Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Tarlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Circleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Commercial Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Logan Elm Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monticello, see our County-by-County Page for Monticello.
Cemeteries Near Monticello ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monticello.
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 Monticello - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monticello covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Millersport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Warner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Refugee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bickel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shelley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Basil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Geohegan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old School Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (600 more) ...
- McNamee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kirkersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Luray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray Cemetery
- The Luray Cemetery has also been known as:
- Georges Chapel Cemetery
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 Monticello in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monticello.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Millersport
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lakeside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Kirkersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- New Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Outville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Thornville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Etna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dumontville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
- Thornport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thornport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monticello. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monticello.
Newspapers Published in Monticello ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monticello.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monticello, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monticello.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Monticello:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway 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 Monticello, 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> | 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. |
| <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- Monticello) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |