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 Pickrelltown (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 Pickrelltown. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Pickrelltown is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Pickrelltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pickrelltown:
- Logan County (The home county of Pickrelltown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Valley Hi
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Zanesfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Middleburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- West Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellefontaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marl City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- West Mansfield
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Rushsylvania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Graff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Logansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Santa Fe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Waynesfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Saint Johns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Fryburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Uniopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Uniopolis is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniopolis
- Estimated population in 2016: 220 people
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Mingo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Urbana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mutual
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Mechanicsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Millerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Powhattan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Carysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Catawba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- New Moorefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Villa
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Dialton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Eagle City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Greenlawn Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- North Hampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Kerr Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Ostrander
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Sandy Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Hill is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Scioto Bridge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scioto Bridge is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Bridge
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Lamb Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Amlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Dublin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Ridgeway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Mount Victory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roundhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Pfeiffer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Kenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McGuffey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Grant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Alger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huntersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Chuckery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Plumwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Plain City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Summerford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Gillivan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- La Rue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Newmans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Camp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Lena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Alcony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Maplewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Jackson Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pasco
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Montra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Montra is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montra
- Sidney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Anna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Botkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Lockington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Raymond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Summersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Milford Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- New Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Unionville Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Magnetic Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Richwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New California
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pickrelltown, see our County-by-County Page for Pickrelltown.
Cemeteries Near Pickrelltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pickrelltown.
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 Pickrelltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pickrelltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Westland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pickrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pickrelltown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marmon Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Goshen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Macochee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zanesfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tharps Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yoder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pisgy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Euans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (485 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Mariah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Inskeep 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.<2>
While we didn't find Pickrelltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pickrelltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pickrelltown, with the one closest to Pickrelltown listed first.
- Zanesfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Liberty is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- West Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Jerusalem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Jerusalem is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jerusalem
- Mingo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenfield
- Bellefontaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kennard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kennard is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- North Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pottersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pottersburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersburg
- Lippincott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lippincott is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cable
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cable is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- West Mansfield
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pickrelltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pickrelltown.
Newspapers Published in Pickrelltown ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pickrelltown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pickrelltown, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pickrelltown.
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 Pickrelltown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Logan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Miami County
- Shelby 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 Pickrelltown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pickrelltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |