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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 Munks Corners (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 Munks Corners. 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 Munks Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Munks Corners: Munks Cors.
- While the name of this community is Munks Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Munks Corners may originally have been Munk's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Munks Corners might be written as Munk Corners.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Munks Corners is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Munks Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Munks Corners:
- Franklin County (The home county of Munks Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Muhks Corners ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Muhks Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhks Corners
- Edgewater Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Blacklick Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Doneys ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Doneys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doneys
- Truro ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Edward ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Bannon ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bannon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannon
- Bexley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Groveport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Harlem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Africa ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Center Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Powell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Pickerington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lithopolis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Baltimore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Millersport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thurston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Amanda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Lakeside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- Cook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Summit Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Etna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pataskala
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Beechwood Trails
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Ash ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Kirkersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Outville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Alexandria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Green ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Johnstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Amity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plain City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Mount Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chrisman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plumwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Chuckery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Range
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Thornville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Duvall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Saint Paul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Commercial Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Matville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Orient
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Darbyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Knollwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Circleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Yellowbud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Jerome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Unionville Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Munks Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Munks Corners.
Cemeteries Near Munks Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Munks Corners.
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 Munks Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Munks Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Beth Jacob Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Agudas Achim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tifcreth Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Asbury Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Truro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Obetz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hendren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Watkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's Of The Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (544 more) ...
- Groveport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eastlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Columbus.
- The Eastlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eastlawn Burial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40661 <3>
- Evergreen Burial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Munks Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Munks Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Munks Corners, with the one closest to Munks Corners listed first.
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Edward ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Truro ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Doneys ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Doneys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doneys
- Groveport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reese
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reese is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Shepard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shepard is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Brice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Columbus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shadeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Canal Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blacklick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Munks Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Munks Corners.
Newspapers Published in Munks Corners ...
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 377 newspapers that have been published in the area around Munks Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Munks Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Munks Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Munks Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Munks Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Munks Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |