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 Rainsboro (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 Rainsboro. 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 hospitals 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.
Rainsboro 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 Rainsboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rainsboro:
- Highland County (The home county of Rainsboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- New Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Bridges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Turkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Berrysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- East Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Elmville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Sinking Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Louden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- May Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Locust Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Peebles
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tranquility
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Emerald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Jaybird
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Seaman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Youngsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Youngsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsville
- Harshasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harshasville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshasville
- Winchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Fincastle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Macon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Saint Martin
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Sardinia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fayetteville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ash Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Ridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Ridge
- Fivemile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Arnheim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arnheim is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnheim
- Bardwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bardwell is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Mount Orab
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Memphis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- New Vienna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Sabina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Morrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Westboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Port William
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Blanchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Washington Court House
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Bloomingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- Bowersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- New Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Williamsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Cynthiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Newfain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Spellman Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Latham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Peck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Camp
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Glen Jean
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Waverly City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Piketon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Humboldt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Fruitdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Bourneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Nipgen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Lattaville
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Summithill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Roxabell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Austin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Rarden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Bear Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Otway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rainsboro, see our County-by-County Page for Rainsboro.
Cemeteries Near Rainsboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rainsboro.
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 Rainsboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rainsboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Beavers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hartman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Boyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Head Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilboa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hulitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hicksite Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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<2> to the north of Marshall.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42196 <3>
- Curp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (605 more) ...
- Dwyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Rainsboro had a population of 244 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rainsboro, with the one closest to Rainsboro listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Carmel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carmel is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- New Petersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Cynthiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Humboldt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Turkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Fruitdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Bridges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Newfain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berrysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Thrifton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thrifton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifton
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rainsboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rainsboro.
Newspapers Published in Rainsboro ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rainsboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rainsboro, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rainsboro.
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 Rainsboro:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Highland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Scioto 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rainsboro) 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 Rainsboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |