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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Munsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Munsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Munsville, 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 Munsville (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 Munsville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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 Munsville is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Munsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Munsville:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Munsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Fresno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Canal Lewisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coshocton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Layland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Plainfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Conesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ashland County
- Loudonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Birds Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Oldham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Birmingham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Abledell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Brady ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Winterset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville 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
- Station Fifteen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Freeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Farmerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Mount Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glenmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Gann
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Esto ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Pipesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Jelloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Martinsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Reform
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Frazeysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Shannon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- New Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Black Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Wilmot
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Justus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Baltic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomerstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Stone Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Postboy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Port Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Barrs Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Gilmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Dundee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Eaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Shreve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Millbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Munsville, see our County-by-County Page for Munsville.
Cemeteries Near Munsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Munsville.
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 Munsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Munsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- White Eyes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Amity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Memory Garden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reamer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Caton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Canal Lewisville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kimble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chili Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili Methodist Cemetery
- The Chili Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chili Cemetery
- Continue List (629 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Munsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Munsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Munsville, with the one closest to Munsville listed first.
- Canal Lewisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Chili
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Keene
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Keene is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Morgan Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Coshocton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roscoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roscoe is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bacon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Bakersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bakersville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Baltic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Helmick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Blissfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Munsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Munsville.
Newspapers Published in Munsville ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Munsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Munsville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Munsville.
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 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 Munsville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- 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> | 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 Munsville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Munsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |