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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 Powell (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 Powell. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Powell 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 Powell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powell:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Powell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Fresno
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Conesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Metham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Layland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Leesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Birds Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Birmingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Oldham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Brady ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Abledell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Winterset
(20 miles [32.2 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 Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Feed Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Smyrna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Tappan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Deersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Bowerston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Conotton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Farmerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Mount Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stillwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Gann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Bladensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Trinway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Gilbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Frazeysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Rix Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- North Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Beach City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brewster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Justus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Sherman Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Postboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Port Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baltic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stone Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Gnadenhutten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peoli
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Shanesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Shreve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powell, see our County-by-County Page for Powell.
Cemeteries Near Powell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powell.
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 Powell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Evansburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
- The Ferguson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Plains Chapel Cemetery
- Waggoner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
- The Corbit - Swigert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corbit Cemetery
- Swigert Cemetery
- Clapboard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woods College Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (629 more) ...
- Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Everal Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bakersville Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Powell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
- West Lafayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bakersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Morgan Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Morgan Run is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Run
- Newcomerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chili
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Bacon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Postboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Baltic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roscoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Linton Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powell.
Newspapers Published in Powell ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powell, 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 Powell.
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 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 Powell:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum 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> | 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 Powell, 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- Powell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |