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 Radcliff (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 Radcliff. 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.
Radcliff is located in Vinton 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 Vinton County: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Radcliff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Radcliff:
- Vinton County (The home county of Radcliff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Oreton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Arbaugh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Vales Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Wilkesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Dundas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Ural ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Hamden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zaleski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McArthur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Hope ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Carbondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Pratts Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pratts Fork is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Fork
- Shade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Armitage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Armitage is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armitage
- The Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carsey Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carsey Town is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsey Town
- Chauncey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Alice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Ewington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Edna ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edna is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Vinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kyger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kyger is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyger
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Rio Grande
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kerr
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kerr is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Carlton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carlton is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Cheshire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cheshire is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Rodney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rodney is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Cora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cora is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- South Bloomingville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Candy Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Carbon Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Apple
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Sand Run Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Orbiston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Gibisonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Jobs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Logan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Wellston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pattonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Altoona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Coalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Petrea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rempel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rempel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rempel
- Ray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Banner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Oak Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Limerick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Lawrence County
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Point Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Dexter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Langsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Langsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langsville
- Lima
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lima is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Rutland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Village is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Village
- Pomeroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Middleport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Welshtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Welshtown is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshtown
- Syracuse
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Keno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keno is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Racine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Mount Sinai
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Beaver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Richmond Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Schooley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Adelphi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deadman Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Hales Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Creek
- South Webster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mason County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Clifton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Mason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Columbia is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Columbia
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Hartford City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford City is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Meadowbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Point Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beale is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beale
- Flatrock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flatrock is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Radcliff, see our County-by-County Page for Radcliff.
Cemeteries Near Radcliff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Radcliff.
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 Radcliff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Radcliff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Radcliff United Brethren Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Arbaugh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fisher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gregory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Curry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Castor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gregory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cumming Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (746 more) ...
- Beard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Catholic Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Wilkesville.
- The St. Marys Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Minerton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2207401 <3>
- Marcum Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Radcliff had a population of 162 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Radcliff, with the one closest to Radcliff listed first.
- Hawks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hawks is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks
- Oreton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Arbaugh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Point Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Vales Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Minerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Minerton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerton
- Wilkesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Mount Blanco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Blanco is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
- Dyesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dyesville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyesville
- Valley Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Ford is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ford
- Bolins Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bolins Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolins Mills
- Dundas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Alice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Ural ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Salem Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Center is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Radcliff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Radcliff.
Newspapers Published in Radcliff ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Radcliff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Radcliff, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Radcliff.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Radcliff:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Vinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Gallia County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Meigs County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Mason 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> | 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- Radcliff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Radcliff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |