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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Opera. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Opera to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Opera, 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 Opera (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 Opera. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Opera is historic, it would have been located within present day Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Opera. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Opera:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Opera)
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Fultonham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Zanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Buckeye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- North Zanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
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- Cannelville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Pleasant Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Nashport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shannon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Black Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Hartleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bessemer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
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- Buchtel
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Cooperdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Conesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- New Guilford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Mohawk Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Coshocton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nellie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Rushville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Lakeside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thurston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Sugar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Claysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cumberland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Abledell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Bluebell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Murray City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Sand Run Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Jobs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Logan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Candy Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Orbiston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
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- Rockbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Bladensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Gratiot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hanover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Ben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Harbor Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Heath
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Deavertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Malta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McConnelsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Neelysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Westland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Reinersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Mount Perry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Chalfants
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Redfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Roseville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Crooksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Somerset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thornville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Carthon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Opera, see our County-by-County Page for Opera.
Cemeteries Near Opera ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Opera.
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 Opera - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Opera covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maynard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Cemetery
- The Uniontown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fultonham Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Fultonham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Sterling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McKendree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Springfield Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (575 more) ...
- Poplar Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Opera in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Opera.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Opera, with the one closest to Opera listed first.
- Mount Perry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Fultonham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Hopewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Sego
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sego is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sego
- White Cottage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Cottage is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cottage
- Gratiot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Glass Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glass Rock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Rock
- Cottage Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cottage Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Chalfants
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Saltillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Muskingum is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
- South Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Opera. See our List of 1890's Communities around Opera.
Newspapers Published in Opera ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Opera.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Opera, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Opera.
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 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 Opera:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Perry 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 Opera, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Opera) 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. |