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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about New Salem. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Salem to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Salem, please Contact Us.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of New Salem is historic, it would have been located within present day Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
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:
- Ross 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.
- South Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fruitdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Humboldt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Lattaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roxabell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Bourneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Musselman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Louden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Locust Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- May Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Peebles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tranquility
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Jaybird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Emerald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Seaman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harshasville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harshasville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshasville
- Mineral Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Saint Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Fincastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Memphis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- New Vienna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sabina
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Morrisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Martinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Port William
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Midland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Westboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Washington Court House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bloomingburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hagler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Cook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Yatesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Bowersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- East Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Barretts Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Bridges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Marshall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Turkey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berrysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- North Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Range
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- New Holland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Williamsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Elmwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Pherson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Logan Elm Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Darbyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Circleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Cynthiana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Newfain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Peck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Bristol Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Waverly City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Piketon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Rarden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Youngs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
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.
- Old Stone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lunbeck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nuckols Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Satchel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satchel Cemetery
- The Satchel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Satchell Cemetery
- Greenfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hymiller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixon Cemetery
- The Hixon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hixson Cemetery
- Sutton Cemetery
- Dean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Cemetery
- The Dean Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
- DePoy - Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DePoy - Wright Cemetery
- The DePoy - Wright Cemetery has also been known as:
- DePoy Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
- Continue List (598 more) ...
- Rocky Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dwyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Weller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find New Salem in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Salem.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Salem, with the one closest to New Salem listed first.
- Thrifton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thrifton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifton
- Fruitdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- South Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lyndon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyndon is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Humboldt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Ghormley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ghormley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley
- Harper
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- New Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- New Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Martinsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Martinsburg
- East Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Bridges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Rainsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rainsboro is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsboro
- Barretts Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 79 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 21 miles [33.8 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 first visit 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 Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Salem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |