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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Myers. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Myers to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Myers, 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 Myers (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 Myers. 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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Myers is historic, it would have been located within present day Madison 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 Madison County: Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Myers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Myers:
- Madison County (The home county of Myers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Summerford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Chrisman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plumwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Solon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Gillivan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Range
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Powhattan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Urbana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Lewisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Westville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Millerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Christiansburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- South Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Charleston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- New Moorefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Cortsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Villa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Kenwood Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Northridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Greenlawn Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Shawnee Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Port William
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Sabina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Shawnee Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Scioto Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scioto Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Village
- White Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Ostrander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Octa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Bloomingburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hagler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Washington Court House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Lake Darby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Darbydale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Alton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Galloway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Rome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Lincoln Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Pleasant Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Hilliard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Grape Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Wilberforce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Pinewood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Middleburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Miami County
- Alcony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Montgomery County
- Sulphur Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Orient
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Matville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Commercial Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Darbyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Grange Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- New Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pherson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Williamsport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Unionville Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Milford Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New California
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Marysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jerome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Raymond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Myers, see our County-by-County Page for Myers.
Cemeteries Near Myers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Myers.
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 Myers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Myers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Wilson Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Infirmary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Institution Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Williams Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paint Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerford Old Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somerford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sifrit Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (488 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Arbuckle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Myers itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Myers, with the one closest to Myers listed first.
- Florence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Summerford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plattsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plattsburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- South Charleston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
- Oxtoby ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oxtoby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxtoby
- Catawba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Thorps
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Thorps is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorps
- Selma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Selma is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- South Solon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Pitchin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bookwalter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bookwalter is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookwalter
- Range
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Gillivan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Myers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Myers.
Newspapers Published in Myers ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Myers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Myers, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Myers.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Myers:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Pickaway County
- Union 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 Myers, 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 '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- Myers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |