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 Mountville (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 Mountville. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Mountville is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Athens, Muskingum, Noble, Perry & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Mountville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountville:
- Morgan County (The home county of Mountville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Elliott Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
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- Wrightstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
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- Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
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- Westland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Chesterhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Todds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Morganville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Stockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Malta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McConnelsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Neelysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Deavertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Eagleport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glouster
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hartleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Greens Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Amesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mudsock is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Truetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
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- Armadale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Armadale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armadale
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
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- Bessemer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Murray City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Orbiston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Jobs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- New Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Candy Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sand Run Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Tuppers Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Keno is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Point Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Blue Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cannelville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Museville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Fultonham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- McDonald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Philo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Darlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Pleasant Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Zanesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Dungannon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
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- Olive Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Sharon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Crooked Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Hoskinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Dexter City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- South Olive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Olive
- Belle Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Rendville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Congo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Drakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Hemlock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Shawnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Straitsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Ural ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Zaleski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vales Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
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- Arbaugh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
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- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Wolf Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Luke Chute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Decaturville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Napier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Napier is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Beverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Barlow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Watertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Fillmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Vincent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner
- Redbush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redbush is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Churchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Porterfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Wood County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blennerhassett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Lubeck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Boaz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boaz is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Eli
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eli is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Parkersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Hills is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Pleasant View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountville, see our County-by-County Page for Mountville.
Cemeteries Near Mountville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountville.
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 Mountville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pisgah Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wrightstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Joy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bishopville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lefever Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (760 more) ...
- East Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lovel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mountville had a population of 81 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
- Elliott Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Lewis ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Bishopville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bishopville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Federal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Federal is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
- Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Rosseau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosseau is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosseau
- Ringgold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ringgold is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Burr Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burr Oak is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Glouster
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Trimble
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Westland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Oakdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakdale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Sharpsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Chesterhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountville.
Newspapers Published in Mountville ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountville.
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 Mountville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Meigs County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Wood 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> | 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 Mountville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Mountville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |