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 Resaca (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 Resaca. 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 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.
Resaca is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Resaca. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Resaca:
- Madison County (The home county of Resaca)
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Plumwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Chuckery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Gillivan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Amity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plain City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Summerford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chrisman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mutual
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- North Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mingo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Millerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Catawba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- South Vienna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Moorefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Lisbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Charleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Villa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Northridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Greenlawn Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Kenwood Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Springfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Scioto Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scioto Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Village
- White Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Ostrander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellepoint
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Bellepoint has also been known as:
- Belle Poine
- Bell Point
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Cook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Yatesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomingburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Lake Darby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Amlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Lamb Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Hilliard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Dublin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- New Rome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Deems ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deems is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deems
- Galloway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Grape Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Middleburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- West Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Mansfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Zanesfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Bellefontaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Marion County
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Orient
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Commercial Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darbyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Duvall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Grange Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pherson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Unionville Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Milford Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New California
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Marysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Pharisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Raymond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Magnetic Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Summersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Richwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Resaca, see our County-by-County Page for Resaca.
Cemeteries Near Resaca ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Resaca.
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 Resaca - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Resaca covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Shiloh Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Plumwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Converse - Huff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coverse - Huff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverse - Huff Cemetery
- The Coverse - Huff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cannan Amish Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Huff Cemetery
- Phellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Converse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Darby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (470 more) ...
- Finch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sharon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- United Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Resaca had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Resaca, with the one closest to Resaca listed first.
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Gillivan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Unionville Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lafayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lafayette is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
- Plain City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Summerford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Milford Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Mechanicsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New California
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Fountain Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Park is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Catawba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Resaca. See our List of 1890's Communities around Resaca.
Newspapers Published in Resaca ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Resaca.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Resaca, 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 Resaca.
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 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 Resaca:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Marion County
- Pickaway County
- Union 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> | 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 Resaca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Resaca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |