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 Prospect (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 Prospect. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Prospect is located in Highland 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 Highland County: Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Pike & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Prospect. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prospect:
- Highland County (The home county of Prospect)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Berrysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Folsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Turkey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Shackleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- Sugar Tree Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Tree Ridge is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree Ridge
- Hoagland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Elmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Barretts Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- New Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Sinking Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- May Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Louden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Emerald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Tranquility
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Seaman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Winchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Youngsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Youngsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsville
- Locust Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Harshasville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harshasville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshasville
- Peebles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Cherry Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cherry Fork is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Fork
- Estimated population in 2016: 155 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Fincastle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Macon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Sardinia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Ridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Ridge
- Saint Martin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Arnheim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arnheim is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnheim
- Fivemile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Bardwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bardwell is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Fayetteville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Orab
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
- Vera Cruz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- New Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Clermont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Marathon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marathon is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Moores Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Moores Fork is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Fork
- Williamsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Monterey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Newtonsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newtonsville is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Afton is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Owensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- New Vienna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Memphis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Morrisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Westboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Midland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Sabina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Blanchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Washington Court House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Cynthiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Newfain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Spellman Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Poplar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Latham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Riverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Peck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Piketon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sargents
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coopersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Bainbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fruitdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Humboldt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- South Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Nipgen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Bourneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Summithill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Lattaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Roxabell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Austin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Rarden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Otway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Summit County
- Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Manchester is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Osceola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Butlerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Butlerville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Pleasant Plain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lewis County (KY)
- Pence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pence is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prospect, see our County-by-County Page for Prospect.
Cemeteries Near Prospect ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prospect.
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 Prospect - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prospect covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prospect Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Berrysville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #944998 <2>
- Parks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hastings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Van Winkle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (581 more) ...
- Christian Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Marshall.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42196 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Prospect in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prospect.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Berrysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Folsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- North Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Sugar Tree Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Tree Ridge is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree Ridge
- Fairfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfax is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Turkey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Shackleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- Elmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- May Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Carmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carmel is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- East Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Danville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Danville
- Winkle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Winkle is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prospect. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prospect.
Newspapers Published in Prospect ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prospect.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prospect, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prospect.
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 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 Prospect:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Highland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Clermont County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Summit County
- Warren County
- Lewis 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Prospect) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Prospect, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |