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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rhoads. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rhoads to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rhoads, please Contact Us.
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 Rhoads (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 Rhoads. 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.
Name Variations for Rhoads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Rhoads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Rhoads may originally have been Rhoad's.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rhoads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rhoads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Rhoads is historic, it would have been located within present day Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Rhoads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rhoads:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Rhoads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Ashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Bloomfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Saint Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Fox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- East Ringgold
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Circleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Duvall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Logan Elm Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Commercial Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Darbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Pherson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Stoutsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lithopolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Carroll
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Pickerington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Baltimore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Cook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Lockbourne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Bright ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Obetz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Edward ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Groveport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Canal Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City Country Club
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grove City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Laurelville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Apple
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Rockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gibisonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- South Bloomingville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Kirkersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Pataskala
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Outville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Beech ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Ash ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Buckeye Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chrisman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Range
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gillivan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Perry County
- Avalon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Yellowbud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Kingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Andersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Adelphi
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Austin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Roxabell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Chillicothe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rhoads, see our County-by-County Page for Rhoads.
Cemeteries Near Rhoads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rhoads.
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 Rhoads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rhoads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Bowsher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dry Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run Cemetery
- The Dry Run Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flora D. Peters Farm Cemetery
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harrison Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reber Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Herrenstine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Herrenstine Cemetery
- The Old Herrenstine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Herrenstine Cemetery
- Old Renick Cemetery
- Shortridge Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rife Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (572 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- A.R. Duvall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hulse Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.
While we didn't find Rhoads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rhoads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rhoads, with the one closest to Rhoads listed first.
- Ashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- South Bloomfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Fox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Saint Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Circleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Walnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Duvall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Cedar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Pherson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Stoutsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marcy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Commercial Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lockbourne
(8 miles [12.9 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 Rhoads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rhoads.
Newspapers Published in Rhoads ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rhoads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rhoads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rhoads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rhoads:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Ross County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rhoads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rhoads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |