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 Princeton (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 Princeton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
New Princeton 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 New Princeton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Princeton:
- Coshocton County (The home county of New Princeton)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Nellie
(3 miles [4.8 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Mohawk Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walhonding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Layland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- West Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Cooperdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Canal Lewisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Loudonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perrysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Hayesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Jeromesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Birds Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Stillwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Charm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Holmesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Gann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Esto ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Buckeye City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(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
- Bladensburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pipesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Jelloway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Martinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Gambier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Reform
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Utica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Saint Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Ben
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Trinway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Dresden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Black Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Shannon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Nashport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Adamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- North Zanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Pleasant Grove
(30 miles [48.3 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 New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Butler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Bellville
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Lucas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Baltic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newcomerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Stone Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Dundee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Port Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Shreve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Moreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Funk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Apple Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Mount Eaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wooster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Union
(30 miles [48.3 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 New Princeton, see our County-by-County Page for New Princeton.
Cemeteries Near New Princeton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Princeton.
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 Princeton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Princeton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Spring Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Honey Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nellie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weatherwax Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bucklew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walhonding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (596 more) ...
- Mohawk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blissfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 New Princeton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Princeton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Princeton, with the one closest to New Princeton listed first.
- Spring Mountain
(Less than 2 miles 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 southwest)
- Mohawk Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Metham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Stillwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Blissfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- Layland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Helmick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- New Guilford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- West Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Killbuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Esto ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Tunnel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Princeton. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Princeton.
Newspapers Published in New Princeton ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Princeton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Princeton, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Princeton.
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 Princeton:
- 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
- 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 New Princeton, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Princeton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |