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 Pitchin (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 Pitchin. 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.
Pitchin is located in Clark County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Pitchin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pitchin:
- Clark County (The home county of Pitchin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Shawnee Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Green Hedges
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Cortsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Kenwood Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Lisbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Charleston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Greenlawn Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Oakwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Villa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Enon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Powhattan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Urbana
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Mechanicsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Christiansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Saint Paris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mingo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Port William
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Burlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wilmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Memphis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Yatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Hagler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Bloomingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Washington Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Lake Darby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Darbydale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Wilberforce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Pinewood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Fairborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Xenia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trebein
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Logan County
- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- South Solon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Summerford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- London
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Range
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plumwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Gillivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Chuckery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Alcony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Ginghamsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Casstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tipp City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Conover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Fletcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Troy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Huber Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Riverdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Vandalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kettering
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Milford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Harveysburg
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pitchin, see our County-by-County Page for Pitchin.
Cemeteries Near Pitchin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pitchin.
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 Pitchin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pitchin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Pitchin Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Garlough Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buffenbarger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McClellan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloxom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selma Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Quaker Cemetery
- The Old Quaker Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Green Plain Friends Cemetery
- Green Plain Hicksite Cemetery
- Hicksite Little Brick Cemetery
- Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- Emery Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenmount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pitchin had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pitchin, with the one closest to Pitchin listed first.
- Thorps
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thorps is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorps
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selma is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Beatty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Oxtoby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oxtoby is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxtoby
- Hustead
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Charleston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lagonda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Yellow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gladstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gladstone is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Plattsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plattsburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Villa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pitchin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pitchin.
Newspapers Published in Pitchin ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pitchin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pitchin, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pitchin.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pitchin:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union County
- Warren 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Pitchin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pitchin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |