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 Orient (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 Orient. 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 and hospitals 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.
Orient is located in Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Orient. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orient:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Orient)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Matville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Commercial Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Darbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Duvall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Pherson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- South Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Grange Hall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Ashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Fox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Williamsport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Circleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Champaign County
- Mechanicsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Lisbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Charleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Vienna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Catawba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Cortsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Powell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Scioto Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Scioto Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Village
- White Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Liberty Church ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty Church is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Church
- Liberty Church has also been known as:
- Union
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Africa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Lithopolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Jefferson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Pickerington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stoutsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Amanda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Baltimore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Cook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Darbydale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Grove City Country Club
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Grove City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galloway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Urbancrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Urbancrest is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbancrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Briggsdale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Briggsdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsdale
- Greene County
- Grape Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Summit Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Pataskala
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ash ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Beechwood Trails
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Chrisman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Range
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Gillivan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Amity
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plumwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Choctaw Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Yellowbud
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Austin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Andersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frankfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roxabell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Musselman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Jerome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Unionville Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Milford Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orient, see our County-by-County Page for Orient.
Cemeteries Near Orient ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orient.
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 Orient - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orient covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Orient Feeble Minded Institute Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Seeds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Pennsylvania Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beckett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gundy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thomas Adams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cemetery
- The Pleasant Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alkire Cemetery
- Continue List (512 more) ...
- McKinley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scioto Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Orient had a post office and no railroad service. In 2014, Orient had a population of 275 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orient, with the one closest to Orient listed first.
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Derby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Derby is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Matville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Commercial Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Georgesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgesville
- Darbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Galloway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Plain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Plain
- Kiousville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kiousville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiousville
- Mount Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Shadeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Lilly Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly Chapel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Chapel
- Nioga ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nioga is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nioga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orient. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orient.
Newspapers Published in Orient ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orient.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orient, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orient.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Orient:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Ross County
- Union 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> | 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 Orient, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Orient) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |