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 Salem (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 Salem. 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 doctors and 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 Salem is primarily located in Fairfield County. A portion of New Salem extends into Perry 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near New Salem. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Salem:
- Fairfield County (The home county of New Salem)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Pleasantville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Fairfield Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Millersport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- West Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Baltimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Carroll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Hartleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Bessemer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Nelsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Green ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Center Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Vans Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blacklick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Havens Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Blacklick Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Groveport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Edgewater Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Truro ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Rockbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Gibisonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Sand Run Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Carbon Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Union Furnace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- New Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Candy Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Knox County
- Martinsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Buckeye Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Central City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Heath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Union Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Outville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Deavertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Fultonham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Nashport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Black Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- South Zanesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cannelville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Zanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- North Zanesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Frazeysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wortley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Thornville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Somerset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Carthon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Redfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- New Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Clover Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- East Ringgold
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Tarlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Ashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duvall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Knollwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Circleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- South Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ross County
- Adelphi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Salem, see our County-by-County Page for New Salem.
Cemeteries Near New Salem ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Salem.
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 Salem - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Salem covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- New Salem Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Salem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woolard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McNamee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Geiger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Oakthorpe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Oakthorpe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Custard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drumm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crists Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (622 more) ...
- Regular Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hampson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Salem had a population of 189 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Pleasantville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Thornville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millersport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Ziontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
- Thornport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thornport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornport
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Baltimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Avalon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Glenford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Yost
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yost is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Salem. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Salem.
Newspapers Published in New Salem ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Salem.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Salem, 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 Salem.
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 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 New Salem:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway 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 Salem, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Salem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |