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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pierce. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pierce to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pierce, 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 Pierce (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 Pierce. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pierce is historic, it would have been located within present day Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Pierce. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pierce:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Pierce)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- McDonald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Philo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Buckeye
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Wortley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Blue Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Norwich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Hartleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Conesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Plainfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Coshocton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- West Lafayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Fairfield County
- Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Claysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cumberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bluebell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Abledell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Byesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pleasant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Cambridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Birds Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Murray City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Gratiot
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Hanover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Reform
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Ben
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Harbor Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Deavertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Malta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- McConnelsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morganville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Reinersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Neelysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Hackney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Westland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Stockport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Todds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Hoskinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Caldwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Mount Ephraim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Ashton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Dungannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Kennonsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mud Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Crooked Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Roseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Mount Perry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Rehoboth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- New Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Chalfants
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Congo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Postboy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Luke Chute
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Beverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Macksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pierce, see our County-by-County Page for Pierce.
Cemeteries Near Pierce ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pierce.
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 Pierce - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pierce covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Reeve - Crumbaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Duncan Falls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Philo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chandlersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Methodist Cemetery
- The Fairview Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Church Cemetery
- Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1996013 <3>
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miller - Spangler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (595 more) ...
- Irish Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McNaughton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Pierce itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pierce, with the one closest to Pierce listed first.
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Carlwick ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carlwick is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlwick
- Duncan Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Philo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Chandlersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Griffin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Sealover ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sealover is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sealover
- Brush Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brush Creek is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Freeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Freeland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Bridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Oakland ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Buckeye
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Stovertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stovertown is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovertown
- Merriam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Merriam is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pierce. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pierce.
Newspapers Published in Pierce ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pierce.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pierce, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pierce.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Pierce:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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 Pierce, 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' (or 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- Pierce) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |