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 Paintersville (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 Paintersville. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Paintersville is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Paintersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paintersville:
- Greene County (The home county of Paintersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- New Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Bowersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilberforce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Xenia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Roxanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Spring Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grape Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Trebein
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Saint Martin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Poast Town Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poast Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Cortsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Shawnee Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- South Charleston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Enon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Green Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Lisbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Kenwood Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Limestone City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Donnelsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Crystal Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Clermont County
- Moores Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moores Fork is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Fork
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Port William
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Wilmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Morrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Octa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Jeffersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hagler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Washington Court House
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Yatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bloomingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Hamilton County
- Loveland Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland Park is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Park
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Willettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- East Monroe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Bridges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Hoagland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shackleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- New Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- South Solon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Range
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Summerford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kettering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moraine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Gem City Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- West Carrollton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Huber Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Miamisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pickaway County
- New Holland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Harveysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Waynesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kenricksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Five Points
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Osceola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- San Je Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- San Je Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Je Village
- Morrow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Butlerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Butlerville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Williams County
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paintersville, see our County-by-County Page for Paintersville.
Cemeteries Near Paintersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paintersville.
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 Paintersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paintersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bab Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cline Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lucas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keiter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (536 more) ...
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eleazor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Paintersville had a population of 106 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paintersville, with the one closest to Paintersville listed first.
- Lumberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lumberton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Port William
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Gurneyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gurneyville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurneyville
- Bowersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Bloomington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Pearsons ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pearsons is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons
- Wilmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Melvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Melvin is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Edgefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Edgefield is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paintersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paintersville.
Newspapers Published in Paintersville ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paintersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paintersville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paintersville.
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 Paintersville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Butler County
- Clark County
- Clermont County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Hamilton County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Montgomery County
- Pickaway County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams 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 Paintersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Paintersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |