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 Westville (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 Westville. 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 Westville is located in Preble 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 Preble County : Union (IN) , Wayne (IN) , Butler , Darke & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near New Westville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Westville:
Preble County (The home county of New Westville)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
New Paris (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
New Hope (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
New Hope is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Eldorado (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Eldorado is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Corvin ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Corvin is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Eaton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
West Manchester (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Lake Lakengren (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren Euphemia (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Euphemia is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia Lewisburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
West Alexandria (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Morning Sun (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun Camden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Butler County
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Somerville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Contreras (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Contreras is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Oxford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Jacksonburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Astoria (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Astoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria Peoria (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Peoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Reily (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Reily is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reily Seven Mile (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Seven Mile is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
Poast Town Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights Bunker Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Bunker Hill is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Hanover ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Hanover is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Miltonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Miltonville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
New Madison (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Castine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Hollansburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hollansburg is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
Savona (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Savona is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona Ithaca (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
Palestine (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Fort Jefferson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson Wayne Lakes (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
Wayne Lakes Park Gordon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Long (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Long is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Arcanum (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Abbottsville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Abbottsville is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville Miami County
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Potsdam (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Potsdam is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Garland (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Garland is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Laura (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Milton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Ludlow Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Kessler (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Kessler is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Bradford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Pleasant Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Covington (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
West Covington (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
West Covington is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Pyrmont (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont Wengerlawn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn Arlington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Arlington is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Kreitzer Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner Brookville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
New Lebanon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Phillipsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
Farmersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Airhill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Airhill is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Voyager Village West (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Voyager Village West is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyager Village West Clayton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Englewood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fayette County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Springersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Springersville is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springersville Bentonville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Bentonville is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Connersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Harrisburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Harrisburg is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Everton (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Everton is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton Nulltown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Nulltown is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nulltown Alpine (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Alpine is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Fairview (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Fayette County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Franklin County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Bath (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Bath is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Peoria (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Peoria is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Mount Carmel (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Mount Carmel is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
Brookville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Scipio (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Scipio is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio Laurel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Yellow Bank (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Yellow Bank is located in Franklin County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bank Henry County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Millville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Millville is located in Henry County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville New Lisbon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
New Lisbon is located in Henry County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon Straughn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Mooreland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Mooreland is located in Henry County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
Corwin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Corwin is located in Henry County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin Blountsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Blountsville is located in Henry County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
Lewisville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Messick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Messick is located in Henry County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messick Randolph County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Arba (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Arba is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba Spartanburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg Bloomingport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Bloomingport is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingport Lynn (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
Snow Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Snow Hill is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Rural (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Rural is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Modoc (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Modoc is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
Haysville Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner Losantville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Union City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Winchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Saratoga (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Rush County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Falmouth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Falmouth is located in Rush County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Glenwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Raleigh (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Raleigh is located in Rush County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Union County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Goodwins Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner Yankee Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Yankee Town is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Town Liberty (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Brownsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Brownsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville West College Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Billingsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Billingsville is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville Contreras (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Contreras is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras Wayne County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Richmond (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Spring Grove (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Chester (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Chester is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Boston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Whitewater (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
Webster (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Webster is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Abington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Abington is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington Centerville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Fountain City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Williamsburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Williamsburg is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Greens Fork (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Pennville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Pennville is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Westville, see our County-by-County Page for New Westville .
Cemeteries Near New Westville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Westville.
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 Westville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Westville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Westville Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Spring Lawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
State Line Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Ridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Gettysburg Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Wernle Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
St. Mary Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Glen Haven Memorial Gardens (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Frame Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
New Hope Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of New Hope . The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
Bonebrake Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980558 <2>
Sherer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Stump Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (419 more) ...
Hoover Bulla Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pleasant Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
St. Andrews Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Westville had a population of 65 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Westville, with the one closest to New Westville listed first.
Campbellstown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Campbellstown is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellstown New Paris (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
New Hope (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
New Hope is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope West Florence (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
West Florence is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Florence Ebenezer (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Ebenezer is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Richmond (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Boston (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Chester (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Chester is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Wiley ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Wiley is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley Whitewater (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
Corvin ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Corvin is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Eldorado (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Eldorado is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Continue List (14 more) ...
Eaton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Webster (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Webster is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Abington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Abington is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Westville. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Westville .
Newspapers Published in New Westville ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Westville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Westville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for New Westville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Westville:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Preble County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Butler County Darke County Miami County Montgomery County Fayette County Franklin County Henry County Randolph County Rush County Union County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Westville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Preble County: https://www.prebco.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Westville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Westville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.