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 Nellie (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 Nellie. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Nellie is located in 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 Nellie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nellie:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Nellie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Mohawk Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Metham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Layland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Cooperdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Canal Lewisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Conesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Loudonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perrysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Birds Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Stillwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Charm
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Farmerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Holmesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Gann
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Bladensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Buckeye City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Martinsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gambier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Amity
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Jelloway
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Reform
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Hanover
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Wilkins Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Ben
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Saint Louisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Utica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Trinway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Black Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Shannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Nashport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Adamsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- North Zanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Pleasant Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Butler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Bellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Baltic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newcomerstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Wolf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Stone Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Port Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dundee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Shreve
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Millbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Funk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Apple Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nellie, see our County-by-County Page for Nellie.
Cemeteries Near Nellie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nellie.
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 Nellie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nellie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Mohawk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nellie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wilson Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mikesell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Honey Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutch Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (577 more) ...
- Spring Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walhonding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Nellie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nellie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nellie, with the one closest to Nellie listed first.
- Mohawk Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Metham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Spring Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Mountain is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mountain
- Walhonding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Guilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- West Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Tunnel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill
- Blissfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- West Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Carlisle is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
- Tyrone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Helmick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cooperdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Layland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Stillwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nellie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nellie.
Newspapers Published in Nellie ...
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 Nellie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nellie, 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 Nellie.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Nellie:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Richland 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 Nellie, 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' (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- Nellie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |