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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Old Pimtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Old Pimtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Old Pimtown, 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 Old Pimtown (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 Old Pimtown. 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 doctors 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 Old Pimtown is historic, it would have been located within present day Champaign 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 Champaign County: Clark, Logan, Madison, Miami, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Old Pimtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Pimtown:
- Champaign County (The home county of Old Pimtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Kingscreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mingo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Westville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- North Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Millerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Carysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mutual
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Woodstock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Saint Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Powhattan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mechanicsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Christiansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Santa Fe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Saint Johns
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Waynesfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Fryburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Uniopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Moorefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Northridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Dialton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Eagle City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Lawrenceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Oakwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Villa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Catawba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Greenlawn Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- North Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dodo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Ostrander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Kerr Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Roundhead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Victory
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Kenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- West Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Valley Hi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zanesfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Middleburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Logansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Quincy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marl City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rushsylvania
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Mansfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Chuckery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Choctaw Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Plumwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Summerford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Plain City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gillivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marion County
- La Rue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Lena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Alcony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Piqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Troy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tipp City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Maplewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Pasco
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Port Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jackson Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Montra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Botkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kettlersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Raymond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milford Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Summersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Unionville Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New Dover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Pharisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Magnetic Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Richwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New California
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Pimtown, see our County-by-County Page for Old Pimtown.
Cemeteries Near Old Pimtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Pimtown.
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 Old Pimtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Pimtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- Piatt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hanger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of West Liberty.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40789 <3>
- Muddy Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ziegler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pisgy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yoder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Hewling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sullivans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scott & Pullins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Old Pimtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Pimtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Pimtown, with the one closest to Old Pimtown listed first.
- West Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lippincott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lippincott is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Northville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Kingscreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Kennard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Mingo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crayon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crayon is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayon
- Hagenbaugh ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hagenbaugh is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagenbaugh
- Bellefontaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cable
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cable is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Zanesfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Urbana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gretna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gretna is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- De Graff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Pimtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Pimtown.
Newspapers Published in Old Pimtown ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Pimtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Pimtown, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Pimtown.
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 Old Pimtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Champaign County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Greene County
- Hardin County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Miami County
- Shelby County
- Union 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 Old Pimtown, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Old Pimtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |