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 Phillipsburg (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 Phillipsburg. 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 doctors and 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.
Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County : Butler , Clark , Darke , Greene , Miami , Preble & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Phillipsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Phillipsburg:
Montgomery County (The home county of Phillipsburg)
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Arlington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Arlington is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Wengerlawn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wengerlawn is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn Brookville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Clayton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Clayton is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,233 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <1>
Union (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Union is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <1>
Englewood (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Airhill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Airhill is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Northview (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Northview is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview Pyrmont (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Pyrmont is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont Trotwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Post Town (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Post Town is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town Fort McKinley (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Fort McKinley is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley Butler County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Poast Town Heights (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights Astoria (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Astoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria Poast Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Poast Town is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Jacksonburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Somerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Middletown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Miltonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Miltonville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville Seven Mile (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Seven Mile is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
South Middletown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
South Middletown is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown Trenton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Champaign County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Christiansburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Saint Paris (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Carysville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Carysville is located in Champaign County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville Millerstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Millerstown is located in Champaign County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown Clark County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Crystal Lakes (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes New Carlisle (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Park Layne (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Park Layne is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne Dodo (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Dodo is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo Holiday Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Holiday Valley is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley Donnelsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Donnelsville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
Enon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Green Meadows (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Green Meadows is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows Dialton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Dialton is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton North Hampton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
North Hampton is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
Limestone City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Limestone City is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City Lawrenceville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Lawrenceville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Gordon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Pitsburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Ithaca (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
Arcanum (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Castine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Abbottsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Abbottsville is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville Poplar Ridge (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge Gettysburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Gettysburg is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
Fort Jefferson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson Savona (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Savona is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona Wayne Lakes (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
Wayne Lakes Park New Madison (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Fairborn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Beavercreek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Bellbrook (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Trebein (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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 Yellow Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Pinewood Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Pinewood Village is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village Spring Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Xenia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Roxanna (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Roxanna is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna Wilberforce (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Miami County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Garland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Garland is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Potsdam (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Potsdam is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
West Milton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Laura (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Kessler (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Kessler is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Ludlow Falls (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Ginghamsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg Pleasant Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Tipp City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Troy (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Covington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
West Covington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
West Covington is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington Preble County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Verona (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Euphemia (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Euphemia is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia Lewisburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
West Manchester (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
West Alexandria (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Ingomar (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Ingomar is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar Eldorado (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Eldorado is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Eaton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Gratis (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
New Hope (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
New Hope is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope New Paris (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Lake Lakengren (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Riverside (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Riverside is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Lockington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Lockington is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
Russia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Dawson (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Dawson is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Hardin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hardin is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Sidney (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Fort Laramie (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Pasco (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Pasco is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Franklin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Springboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Five Points (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Five Points is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Kenricksville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Kenricksville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville Hunter (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Hunter is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Red Lion (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Waynesville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Williams County
Franklin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Franklin is located in Williams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Randolph County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Arba (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Arba is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba Spartanburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg Haysville Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner Union City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Lynn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lynn is located in Randolph County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <1>
Union County (IN)
Goodwins Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner Wayne County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Whitewater (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
Chester (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Chester is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Boston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Richmond (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Spring Grove (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
Fountain City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Webster (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Webster is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Phillipsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Phillipsburg .
Cemeteries Near Phillipsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Phillipsburg.
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 Phillipsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Phillipsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Phillipsburg Christian Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Phillipsburg Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Worman Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bethel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Dohner Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Parish Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Swank Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Warner Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Arlington Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Clayton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Highland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bachman Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (522 more) ...
Kreider Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Frantz Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Herr 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.<3>
While we didn't find Phillipsburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Phillipsburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Phillipsburg, with the one closest to Phillipsburg listed first.
Garland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Garland is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Wengerlawn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wengerlawn is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn Potsdam (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Potsdam is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Bachman (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bachman is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachman Dodson (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Dodson is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Brookville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Clayton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Clayton is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,233 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <1>
County Line ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
County Line was located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Union (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Union is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <1>
West Milton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Airhill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Airhill is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Kinsey (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Kinsey is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey Continue List (15 more) ...
Laura (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Gordon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Pyrmont (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Pyrmont is also located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Phillipsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phillipsburg .
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Phillipsburg ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Phillipsburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Phillipsburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Phillipsburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Phillipsburg.
An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Phillipsburg:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Montgomery County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Butler County Champaign County Clark County Darke County Greene County Miami County Preble County Shelby County Warren County Williams County Randolph County Union County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Phillipsburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Montgomery County: https://www.mcohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Phillipsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Phillipsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.