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 Orange (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 Orange. 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 and doctors 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.
Orange is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Orange. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orange:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Orange)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- West Lafayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fresno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chili
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Canal Lewisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Layland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Cooperdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Belmont County
- Holloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Leesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Birds Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Oldham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Brady ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Abledell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Cambridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Winterset
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Antrim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Freeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Tappan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Deersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Bowerston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Conotton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Cassville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Farmerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Mount Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stillwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Gann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trinway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Gilbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Rix Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Frazeysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- North Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Pleasant Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Mount Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Beach City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brewster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Justus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Postboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Bernice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Port Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baltic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stone Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Peoli
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Gnadenhutten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Eaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orange, see our County-by-County Page for Orange.
Cemeteries Near Orange ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orange.
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 Orange - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orange covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- Evansburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Waggoner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
- The Ferguson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Plains Chapel Cemetery
- Everal Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
- The Corbit - Swigert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corbit Cemetery
- Swigert Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woods College Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (621 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Schweitzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Orange in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orange.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orange, with the one closest to Orange listed first.
- West Lafayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Newcomerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bakersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bakersville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Morgan Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- Bacon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pearl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Postboy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Linton Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
- Chili
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Birds Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Guernsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Booth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Booth is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Canal Lewisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orange. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orange.
Newspapers Published in Orange ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orange.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orange, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orange.
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 Orange:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Orange, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Orange) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |