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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Owl Town. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Owl Town to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Owl Town, 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 Owl Town (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 Owl Town. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Owl Town is historic, it would have been located within present day Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Owl Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Owl Town:
- Clark County (The home county of Owl Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Tremont City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eagle City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Northridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Greenlawn Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Lawrenceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- New Moorefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dialton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Kenwood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Powhattan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Kingscreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Millerstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Christiansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Pinewood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Trebein
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Xenia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beavercreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- West Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Middleburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Zanesfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- West Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 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 Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Choctaw Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Summerford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plumwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- South Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chuckery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Gillivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chrisman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Range
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Alcony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Conover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Casstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Tipp City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Ludlow Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Huber Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hooks Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vandalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Riverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Pasco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lockington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Port Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Hardin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Milford Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Owl Town, see our County-by-County Page for Owl Town.
Cemeteries Near Owl Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owl Town.
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 Owl Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Owl Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rector Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <3>
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shockey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sims Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Callison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferncliff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (523 more) ...
- Idle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moorefield Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Owl Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Owl Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Owl Town, with the one closest to Owl Town listed first.
- Tremont City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bowlusville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bowlusville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlusville
- Eagle City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Lawrenceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Terre Haute
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Terre Haute is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lagonda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- New Moorefield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- North Hampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Dialton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Durbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Urbana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Beatty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Owl Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Owl Town.
Newspapers Published in Owl Town ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Owl Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owl Town, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Owl Town.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Owl Town:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery 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 Owl Town, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Owl Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |