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 Pleasant Valley (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 Pleasant Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Pleasant Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Pleasant Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Coshocton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Canal Lewisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Conesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Fresno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Warsaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chili
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Metham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Cooperdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Mohawk Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Birds Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Abledell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Odell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Clio ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Birmingham
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Claysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Spring Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Farmerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stillwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Millersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glenmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Bladensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gann
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Millwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Buckeye City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Martinsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gambier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jelloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Reform
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Gratiot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Wilkins Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Dresden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trinway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Gilbert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Frazeysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- New Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Black Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Nashport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Noble County
- Mount Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Stark County
- Wilmot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Postboy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Wolf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Baltic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Port Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Peoli
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Shanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gnadenhutten
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Wayne County
- Fredericksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley.
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 Pleasant Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- South Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coshocton.
- Tyndall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- The Franklin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Franklin Methodist Church Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roscoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Roscoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Coshocton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972607 <3>
- Canal Lewisville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Warner Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Christian Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Royers Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (600 more) ...
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Lutheran 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pleasant Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Coshocton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Roscoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roscoe is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Canal Lewisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Willowbrook ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Conesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Wills Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wills Creek is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Creek
- Bacon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Morgan Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Moscow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Moscow is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moscow
- Keene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keene is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tyrone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tyrone is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Adams Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Mills
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Valley ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Valley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Valley.
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 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 Pleasant Valley:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pleasant Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Pleasant Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |