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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about New Wheeling. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Wheeling to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Wheeling, 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 Wheeling (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 Wheeling. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of New Wheeling is historic, it would have been located within present day Holmes 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 Holmes County: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Stark, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near New Wheeling. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Wheeling:
- Holmes County (The home county of New Wheeling)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Glenmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Millersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Charm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Loudonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mifflin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Rowsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Redhaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Polk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Bailey Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Layland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Mohawk Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Guilford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- West Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cooperdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Jelloway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Gann
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Nunda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Buckeye City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Amity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Millwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Esto ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Pipesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Utica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Saint Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Chesterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Hanley Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Mansfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Olivesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Ontario
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Shenandoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Stark County
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Baltic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Barrs Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Sugarcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dundee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Shreve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Funk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Millbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Moreland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Fredericksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Lattasburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Wooster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Boys Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Wheeling, see our County-by-County Page for New Wheeling.
Cemeteries Near New Wheeling ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Wheeling.
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 Wheeling - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Wheeling covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Wolf Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ullman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ullman Cemetery
- The Ullman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uhlman Cemetery
- Kaylor Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drake Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake Valley Cemetery
- The Drake Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haudenschild Farm Cemetery
- Stout Cemetery
- Loudonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Dutch Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nashville Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plum Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harding Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (607 more) ...
- Jelloway Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shadley Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Wheeling in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Wheeling.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Wheeling, with the one closest to New Wheeling listed first.
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Loudonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jelloway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Gann
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- McKay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- McZena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McZena is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McZena
- Perrysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Welcome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Paint Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Paint Valley is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Valley
- Danville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buckeye City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- North Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Shreve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Wheeling. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Wheeling.
Newspapers Published in New Wheeling ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Wheeling.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Wheeling, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Wheeling.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wheeling:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Wheeling, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Wheeling) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |