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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Morgan Run is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Morgan Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morgan Run:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Morgan Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- West Lafayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Canal Lewisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fresno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- New Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Metham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Layland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Cooperdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Birds Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Odell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Birmingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Abledell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Meadow Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Brady ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Winterset
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Byesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Feed Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Freeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Station Fifteen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Farmerstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stillwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Glenmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Holmesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Gann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Bladensburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Millwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Martinsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Reform
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Hanover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Wilkins Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trinway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- New Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Shannon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Black Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- North Zanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Nashport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Postboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Baltic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Bernice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Port Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Gnadenhutten
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Peoli
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Barrs Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Eaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Shreve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morgan Run, see our County-by-County Page for Morgan Run.
Cemeteries Near Morgan Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morgan 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 Morgan Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morgan Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coshocton.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
- The Ferguson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Plains Chapel Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memory Garden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reamer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (611 more) ...
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White Eyes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Cemetery
- The White Eyes Cemetery has also been known as:
- White Eyes Methodist Church Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Morgan Run had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morgan Run, with the one closest to Morgan Run listed first.
- West Lafayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Canal Lewisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bacon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Roscoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Keene
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Keene is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chili
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Wills Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Creek is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Creek
- Pearl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Willowbrook ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Conesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Tyrone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tyrone is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Linton Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morgan Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morgan Run.
Newspapers Published in Morgan 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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morgan Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morgan Run, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morgan Run.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Morgan Run:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Morgan 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morgan Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |