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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Oconorville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Oconorville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oconorville, 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 Oconorville (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 Oconorville. 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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Oconorville is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Oconorville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oconorville:
- Perry County (The home county of Oconorville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Congo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- New Lexington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Ludington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Rendville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Shawnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Rehoboth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Straitsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Hartleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bessemer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Greens Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Nelsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Truetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Chauncey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Amesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Sugar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Fairfield Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Thurston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Guernsey County
- Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Jobs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Sand Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Orbiston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Sand Run Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Candy Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Union Furnace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Rockbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gratiot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Harbor Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckeye Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Heath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Deavertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Durant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Elliott Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Malta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Westland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- McConnelsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Joy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Chesterhill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Todds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Neelysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Fultonham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Cannelville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Blue Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- South Zanesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Philo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Zanesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McDonald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Museville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Pleasant Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Noble County
- Olive Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Zaleski
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Ural ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Luke Chute
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Wolf Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Beverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Watertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oconorville, see our County-by-County Page for Oconorville.
Cemeteries Near Oconorville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oconorville.
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 Oconorville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oconorville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- South Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whiptown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fowler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ironpoint Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bristol Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rendville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (681 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Teal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- First Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Oconorville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oconorville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oconorville, with the one closest to Oconorville listed first.
- Moxahala
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moxahala is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxahala
- Bristol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- McCuneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCuneville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCuneville
- Shawnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carrington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
- Ludington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ludington is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Buckingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buckingham is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Drakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rendville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- New Lexington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dicksonton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dicksonton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sayre
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sayre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Lyonsdale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lyonsdale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oconorville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oconorville.
Newspapers Published in Oconorville ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oconorville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oconorville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oconorville.
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 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 Oconorville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Vinton County
- Washington 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 Oconorville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oconorville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |