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 Possum Woods (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 Possum Woods. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Possum Woods 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 Possum Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Possum Woods:
- Clark County (The home county of Possum Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Green Hedges
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Shawnee Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Kenwood Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Limestone City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Greenlawn Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Enon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eagle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Oakwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Villa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Donnelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Green Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Powhattan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Urbana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Christiansburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mutual
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Saint Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Millerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Mechanicsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- North Lewisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Port William
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wilmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Hagler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Bloomingburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cook
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- 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
- Xenia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Trebein
(14 miles [22.5 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
- New Jasper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Jamestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Beavercreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- West Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- South Solon
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Choctaw Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Summerford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plumwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Range
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Gillivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chuckery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Alcony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Tipp City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Conover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Lena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Fletcher
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- West Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Ludlow Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Dayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Riverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Kettering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Union County
- Milford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Waynesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(28 miles [45.1 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 Possum Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Possum Woods.
Cemeteries Near Possum Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Possum Woods.
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 Possum Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Possum Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Emery Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenmount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Raphaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Columbia Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ferncliff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Masonic Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio Masonic Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McClellan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pitchin Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (527 more) ...
- Garlough Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <2>
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>
While we didn't find Possum Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Possum Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Possum Woods, with the one closest to Possum Woods listed first.
- Beatty
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Hustead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Durbin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Pitchin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Lagonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Enon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mad River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Yellow Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thorps
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thorps is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorps
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Villa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Eagle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Donnelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Possum Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Possum Woods.
Newspapers Published in Possum Woods ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Possum Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Possum Woods, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Possum Woods.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Possum Woods:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette 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 Possum Woods, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Possum Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |