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 Owensville (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 Owensville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Owensville is located in Scioto 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 Scioto County: Greenup (KY), Lewis (KY), Adams, Jackson, Lawrence & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Owensville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Owensville:
- Scioto County (The home county of Owensville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Lucasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
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- Bear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
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- Rosemount
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Lombardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- West Portsmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Portsmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- New Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Otway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Purdy Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Youngs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Jaybird
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Mineral Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Blue Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Lynx
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lynx is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynx
- Peebles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Squirrel Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Moore ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Moore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Rome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Dunkinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- Whippoorwill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Whippoorwill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippoorwill
- Louden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grimes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Sinking Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Elmville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Turkey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- North Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Barretts Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Glade
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Blackfork Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blackfork Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfork Junction
- Banner ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Limerick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Oak Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rempel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rempel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rempel
- Petrea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Coalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Altoona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Rome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Pedro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pedro is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
- Hanging Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Vesuvius ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vesuvius is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesuvius
- Johns Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johns Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
- Ironton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherritts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sherritts is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherritts
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Coopersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Wetmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Wakefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Riverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sargents
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Shyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Greggs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
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- Piketon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zahn's Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Beaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Alma
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Nipgen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Summithill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Richmond Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Dills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Massieville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
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- Bainbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deadman Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Bourneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Schooley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Carter County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Boone Furnace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County (KY)
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- Kehoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
- Smiths Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Carter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carter is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- South Portsmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- South Shore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frost
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Grays Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Lloyd
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- York is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Greenup
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warnock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Tygarts Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Wurtland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtland is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Worthington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
- Argillite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Firebrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Quincy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Garrison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Buena Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Vanceburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Camp Dix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Dix
- Charters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Charters is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters
- Pence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Owensville, see our County-by-County Page for Owensville.
Cemeteries Near Owensville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owensville.
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 Owensville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Owensville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Scioto Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Lucasville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lute Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Country Club Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Seymore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (672 more) ...
- Lauman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Martin 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.<3>
While we didn't find Owensville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Owensville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Rushtown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rushtown is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Lucasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Crabtree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crabtree is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Lombardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Bear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Dry Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Clifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Henley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Henley is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Coopersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Sedan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sedan is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Wetmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- South Portsmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Portsmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Owensville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Owensville.
Newspapers Published in Owensville ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Owensville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owensville, 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 Owensville.
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 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 Owensville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Scioto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Highland County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Carter County
- Greenup County
- Lewis 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 Owensville, 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- Owensville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |