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 Strasburg (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 Strasburg. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Strasburg is located in Fairfield 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 Strasburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Strasburg:
- Fairfield County (The home county of New Strasburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- Amanda
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Stoutsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Carroll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pickerington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- Cook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lockbourne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Obetz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Blacklick Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Brice
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Edward ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- Laurelville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rockbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Apple
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- South Bloomingville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Furnace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Sand Run Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Carbon Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Summit Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Pataskala
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buckeye Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Outville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Harbor Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Ash ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Madison County
- Mount Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- Avalon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Thornville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Straitsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glenford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shawnee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Rehoboth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- East Ringgold
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Tarlton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Knollwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Thacher
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Circleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Logan Elm Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- South Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Duvall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Elmwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Fox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- Adelphi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Clarksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Riton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Deadman Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Schooley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Massieville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Austin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- Stella
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Strasburg, see our County-by-County Page for New Strasburg.
Cemeteries Near New Strasburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Strasburg.
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 Strasburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Strasburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- New Dutch Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dutch Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Israel Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Lutheran Cemetery
- The Israel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Dutch Hollow Cemetery
- Amanda Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Conrad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Conrad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conrad Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Amanda and Tarlton. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Amanda.
- New Conrad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Amanda Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Van Meter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Run Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoutsville Reform Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (608 more) ...
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drinkle 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.<5>
While we didn't find New Strasburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Strasburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Strasburg, with the one closest to New Strasburg listed first.
- Amanda
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Stoutsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drinkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drinkle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkle
- Clearport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
- Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- East Ringgold
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Tarlton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Marcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Hooker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Strasburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Strasburg.
Newspapers Published in New Strasburg ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Strasburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Strasburg, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Strasburg.
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 either 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 Strasburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Amanda and Tarlton. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Strasburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | 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 Strasburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |