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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pleasant Valley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pleasant Valley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleasant Valley, 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 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley:
- Muskingum 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.
- Shannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Nashport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Zanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Frazeysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Black Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Gilbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Wortley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Dresden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- South Zanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Darlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Cooperdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Conesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- New Guilford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Mohawk Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Metham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Rushville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millersport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pleasantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Claysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Abledell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Birds Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Bluebell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Byesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kimbolton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Holmes County
- Stillwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Bladensburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Pipesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Millwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Hunt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Gambier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Gratiot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Hanover
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Ben
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Reform
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Wilkins Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Deavertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Malta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McConnelsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Mount Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Chalfants
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Crooksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Somerset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Carthon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sidle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Irville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irville Cemetery
- The Irville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Irville - Nashport Cemetery
- Brushy Knob Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Knob Cemetery
- The Brushy Knob Cemetery has also been known as:
- Captain Tanner Cemetery
- Tanner Cemetery
- Black Log Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tunis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Timber Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- VanVorrhis Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for VanVorrhis Family Cemetery
- The VanVorrhis Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Van Vorhis Cemetery
- Van Vorrhis Family Cemetery
- Continue List (563 more) ...
- Mattingly Settlement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muskingum Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Claypools ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Claypools is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypools
- Cottage Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Dillon Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dillon Falls is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Falls
- Nashport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Toboso
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Toboso is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toboso
- Gratiot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Black Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Frazeysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Zanesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Zanesville
- Gilbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ellis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ellis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
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 116 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. 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 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 Pleasant Valley:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Perry 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 Pleasant Valley, 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> | 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- Pleasant Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |