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 Plainfield (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 Plainfield. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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 west 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.
Plainfield is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Plainfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plainfield:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Plainfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fresno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Coshocton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Conesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Chili
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Metham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Layland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Belmont County
- Hendrysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Birds Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Odell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Abledell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Birmingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Brady ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Spring Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Winterset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Feed Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Deersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Tappan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Farmerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Gann
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Bladensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Trinway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Rix Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- North Zanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Pleasant Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Shannon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Frazeysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Mount Zion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mud Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Belle Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Ephraim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Hoskinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Batesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Sarahsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Postboy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Wolf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Port Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Gilmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Stone Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baltic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Shanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plainfield, see our County-by-County Page for Plainfield.
Cemeteries Near Plainfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plainfield.
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 Plainfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plainfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Plainfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plainfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Miskimen Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Schweitzer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marquands Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (606 more) ...
- Worthing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Plainfield had a population of 234 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Plainfield had a population of 159 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plainfield, with the one closest to Plainfield listed first.
- Linton Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
- Bacon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Birds Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Otsego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Boden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boden is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
- Guernsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Morgan Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- Wills Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wills Creek is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Creek
- Postboy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Indian Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Kimbolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coshocton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plainfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainfield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Plainfield ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainfield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Plainfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Plainfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Plainfield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Plainfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Plainfield:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Tuscarawas 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 Plainfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plainfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |