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 Plymouth (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 Plymouth. 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 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 Plymouth is located in Vinton 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 Vinton County: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near New Plymouth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Plymouth:
- Vinton County (The home county of New Plymouth)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Zaleski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Stella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- McArthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Arbaugh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Vales Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Oreton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Hamden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Nelsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bessemer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Chauncey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- The Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Truetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armitage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Armitage is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armitage
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Amanda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Lancaster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rushville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Rushville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Stoutsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Alice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Ewington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Edna ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Edna is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Vinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kyger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kyger is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyger
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Candy Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- South Bloomingville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Gibisonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- New Pittsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Wellston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Altoona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Coalton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Pattonsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Petrea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limerick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Point Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Dexter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Langsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Langsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langsville
- Lima
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Rutland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Village is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Village
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Wrightstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Joy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Elliott Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Westland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Chesterhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morganville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Todds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Deavertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- New Straitsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Drakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Congo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rendville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Avalon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- New Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thacher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Elmwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Pike County
- Mount Sinai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Adelphi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Richmond Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Schooley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Kingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Deadman Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Riton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Plymouth, see our County-by-County Page for New Plymouth.
Cemeteries Near New Plymouth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Plymouth.
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 Plymouth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Plymouth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- New Plymouth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Starr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tick Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morse - Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keeton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (718 more) ...
- Morris Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ilesboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Plymouth had a population of 171 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Plymouth, with the one closest to New Plymouth listed first.
- Orland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland
- Starr
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Starr is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
- Union Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Hue
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hue is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hue
- Siverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siverly is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Creola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ewing is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Zaleski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ingham ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingham is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingham
- Haydenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haydenville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blackjack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackjack is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Stella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Ural ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Plymouth. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Plymouth.
Newspapers Published in New Plymouth ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Plymouth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Plymouth, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Plymouth.
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 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 Plymouth:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Vinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Gallia County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross 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 Plymouth, 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- New Plymouth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |