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 Nashville (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 Nashville. 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.
Nashville is located in 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 Nashville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nashville:
- Holmes County (The home county of Nashville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Miley Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Glenmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stillwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Millersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Charm
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Loudonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jeromesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hayesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Rowsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Mifflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Redhaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Polk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Bailey Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Layland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nellie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Metham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Mohawk Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- New Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Chili
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Canal Lewisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Gann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Jelloway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Buckeye City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nunda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Amity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Millwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- North Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Esto ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Pipesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Gambier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Friendsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morrow County
- Chesterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Newville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hanley Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Olivesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Alta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ontario
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Shenandoah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Wilmot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beach City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brewster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Justus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- East Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- North Lawrence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo
(30 miles [48.3 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 Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Shanesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Baltic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Sugarcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Strasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Shreve
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Funk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Millbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Moreland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- New Pittsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Apple Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wooster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Lattasburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Boys Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- East Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nashville, see our County-by-County Page for Nashville.
Cemeteries Near Nashville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nashville.
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 Nashville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nashville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Old Dutch Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nashville Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Temple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Drake Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake Valley Cemetery
- The Drake Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haudenschild Farm Cemetery
- Stout Cemetery
- Lakeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kaylor Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bigelow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow Cemetery
- The Bigelow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Biglow Cemetery
- Ripley Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Welcome Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (632 more) ...
- Finney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney Cemetery
- The Finney Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paint Valley Cemetery
- Ullman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ullman Cemetery
- The Ullman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uhlman Cemetery
- Wolf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Nashville had a population of 221 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Nashville had a population of 183 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Welcome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Paint Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paint Valley is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Valley
- Loudonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McZena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McZena is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McZena
- Shreve
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Stillwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Millersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Holmesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Millbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Springville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- McKay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Lake Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Fork is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fork
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nashville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nashville.
Newspapers Published in Nashville ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nashville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nashville, 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 Nashville.
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 Nashville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Nashville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Nashville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |