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 Powderlick (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 Powderlick. 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 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.
Powderlick is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Brown, Clermont, Fayette, Greene, Highland & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Powderlick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powderlick:
- Clinton County (The home county of Powderlick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Clinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Wilmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Port William
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Morrisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- New Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- North Kingman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Midland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Clarksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Saint Martin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Fayetteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Fivemile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Bardwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bardwell is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Cortsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- South Charleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Shawnee Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Green Hedges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Enon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Clermont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Moores Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moores Fork is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Fork
- Marathon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marathon is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Newtonsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonsville is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monterey is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Ashdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ashdale is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdale
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Milledgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Hagler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Washington Court House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Jeffersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Cook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Bowersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Grape Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Roxanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Spring Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wilberforce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Xenia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Bellbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Willettsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Bridges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Lynchburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hoagland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shackleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- New Petersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Harwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harwood is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- South Solon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Range
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Mount Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kettering
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- New Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grange Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Cynthiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Fruitdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- South Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Humboldt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Austin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lattaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Roxabell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Bainbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Dills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Harveysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Osceola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Waynesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- San Je Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- San Je Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Je Village
- Butlerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Butlerville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Morrow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Plain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Comargo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Comargo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comargo
- Five Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powderlick, see our County-by-County Page for Powderlick.
Cemeteries Near Powderlick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powderlick.
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 Powderlick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powderlick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Richland Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Texas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spurgeon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centerville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Lees Creek.
- The Centerville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lees Creek Cemetery
- Rhonemus Cemetery
- Sharpes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165783 <2>
- Coulter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sabina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haws Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gaddis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Doan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (529 more) ...
- Grassy Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thorpe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Powderlick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powderlick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powderlick, with the one closest to Powderlick listed first.
- Melvin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Melvin is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Reesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reesville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reesville
- Clinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- New Antioch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Antioch is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Antioch
- Lees Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Sabina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bloomington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Wilmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Port William
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Morrisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Bowersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Pearsons ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pearsons is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powderlick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powderlick.
Newspapers Published in Powderlick ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powderlick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powderlick, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powderlick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Powderlick:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Clark County
- Clermont County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Montgomery County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross 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 Powderlick, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Powderlick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |