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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Morehouse. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Morehouse to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Morehouse, 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 Morehouse (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 Morehouse. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Morehouse is historic, it would have been located within present day Morrow 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 Morrow County: Crawford, Delaware, Knox, Marion & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Morehouse. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morehouse:
- Morrow County (The home county of Morehouse)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- West Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Marengo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cardington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shawtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Vails Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Edison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chesterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Galion
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Crestline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Bucyrus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Ashley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kingston Center ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingston Center is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Center
- Leonardsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- East Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Olive Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
- Paget ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paget is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paget
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Alum Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alum Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Berkshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Berkshire is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Westerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Flint ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Central College ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Huber Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Blendon Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Minerva Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Worthington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gould Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- New Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Riverlea
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Dublin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Centerburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Mount Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Green Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Dorema
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Five Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Batemantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Bangs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Fredericktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Hartford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Lock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Johnstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- New Way ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Highwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Utica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ash ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Plain City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Waldo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Caledonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Newmans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Green Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Ruth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- New Bloomington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Bellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <2>
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanley Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Alta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Maybee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Magnetic Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Richwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pharisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Jerome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New Dover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- New California
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Summersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Marysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Raymond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Wyandot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morehouse, see our County-by-County Page for Morehouse.
Cemeteries Near Morehouse ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morehouse.
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 Morehouse - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morehouse covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Morehouse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gavitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stantontown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Alum Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woodbury Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pompey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ashley Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ashley Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ashley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39703 <3>
- East Oxford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oxford Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Oxford Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the south of Ashley.
- The East Oxford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kohler Cemetery
- McWilliams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2313439 <3>
- Center Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Fargo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (508 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mounds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elliott 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.
While we didn't find Morehouse in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morehouse.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morehouse, with the one closest to Morehouse listed first.
- Ashley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marengo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Leonardsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Kingston Center ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingston Center is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Center
- Pagetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pagetown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagetown
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kilbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kilbourne is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourne
- Cardington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- Alum Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alum Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Berkshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Berkshire is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Waldo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morehouse. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morehouse.
Newspapers Published in Morehouse ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morehouse.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morehouse, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morehouse.
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 Morehouse:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Morrow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Richland County
- Union County
- Wyandot 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 Morehouse, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morehouse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |