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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mount Union. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mount Union to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mount Union, 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 Mount Union (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 Mount Union. 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.
Name Variations for Mount Union ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Union: Mt. Union
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Union. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Union.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 Mount Union is historic, it would have been located within present day Holmes 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 Holmes County: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Stark, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Union. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Union:
- Holmes County (The home county of Mount Union)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Killbuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Charm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Glenmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Holmesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Loudonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Jeromesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rowsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Layland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Metham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Chili
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Warsaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Fresno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Coshocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nellie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Mohawk Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Walhonding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Birds Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Gann
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Buckeye City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Esto ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Millwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Jelloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Pipesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Bladensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nunda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Amity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Reform
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Shannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Black Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Nashport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Newville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Wilmot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- East Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Navarre Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Lake Sherman Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Baltic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wolf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Newcomerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Port Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shreve
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Millbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Mount Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Funk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wooster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boys Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Union, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Union.
Cemeteries Near Mount Union ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Union.
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 Mount Union - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Union covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sheplers Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Noah J. Raber Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elliott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- The Elliott Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Elliott Methodist Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakhill Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Big Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run Cemetery
- The Big Run Cemetery has also been known as:
- Methodist Protestant Cemetery
- Mt. Pisquah Cemetery
- Nazarene Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blissfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (647 more) ...
- Uhl Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhl Family Cemetery
- The Uhl Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uhl Cemetery
- Knob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Simon Miller Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Mount Union in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Union.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Union, with the one closest to Mount Union listed first.
- Layland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Grade ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grade is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grade
- Helmick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- Becks Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Becks Mills is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Mills
- Blissfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- Saltillo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Killbuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Metham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Keene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Keene is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Charm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spring Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Mountain is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mountain
- Welcome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Welcome is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Warsaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Union. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Union.
Newspapers Published in Mount Union ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Union.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Union, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Union.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Mount Union:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Mount Union, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mount Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |