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 New Concord (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 New Concord. 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.
New Concord is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near New Concord. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Concord:
- Muskingum County (The home county of New Concord)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Norwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Adamsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Philo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Rock Cut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Museville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Barnesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Plainfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Lafayette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Fresno
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Cooperdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Chili
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Warsaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Metham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Claysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Abledell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Oldham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Byesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bluebell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Cumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Buffalo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Smyrna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Freeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Gratiot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hanover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Reform
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Ben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Durant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Reinersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Malta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McConnelsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Deavertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Hackney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Neelysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Morganville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Stockport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Mount Zion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Belle Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Kennonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mount Ephraim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Sarahsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Mud Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Caldwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Whigville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Ashton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Roseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Mount Perry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Clover Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Rehoboth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chalfants
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Postboy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bernice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Peoli
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Wolf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Gilmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Stone Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Baltic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- Macksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Concord, see our County-by-County Page for New Concord.
Cemeteries Near New Concord ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Concord.
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 New Concord - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Concord covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Norwich Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norwich Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Norwich.
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
- The Bloomfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Twp. Cemetery
- Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Norwich.
- The Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Norwich United Presbyterian Cemetery
- Monroe Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (583 more) ...
- Cedar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 New Concord had a population of 719 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New Concord had a population of 2,165 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Concord, with the one closest to New Concord listed first.
- Norwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Cassell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Claysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Bridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Chandlersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Freeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Freeland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Spratt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spratt is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Boden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boden is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sonora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Otsego
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Otsego is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Saint Clair ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Concord. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Concord.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of New Concord ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Concord.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of New Concord. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of New Concord and those printed in the larger area surrounding New Concord.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of New Concord.
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 New Concord:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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 New Concord, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Concord) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |