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 Ridgewood Acres (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 Ridgewood Acres. 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 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.
Ridgewood Acres is located in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County: Belmont, Coshocton, Harrison, Muskingum, Noble & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Ridgewood Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ridgewood Acres:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Ridgewood Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Abledell
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
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- Meadow Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Clio ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Bluebell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Brady ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Buffalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Barnesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Holloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Bethesda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morristown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Rock Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Plainfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- West Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Canal Lewisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Chili
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Cooperdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- West Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Metham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Deersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Feed Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Miltonsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Stafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Jerusalem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Reinersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Durant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Hackney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- McConnelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Malta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- New Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- McDonald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Museville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Philo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Mount Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Belle Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Ephraim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Mud Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Sarahsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Hoskinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Batesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Caldwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Olive Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Whigville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Roseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Postboy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Bernice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Newcomerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Peoli
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Wolf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Gilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- West Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Port Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tuscarawas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Macksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ridgewood Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Ridgewood Acres.
Cemeteries Near Ridgewood Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ridgewood Acres.
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 Ridgewood Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ridgewood Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Founders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Northwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sarchet Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Cambridge.
- The Old Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Chapel Cemetery
- Sigman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Guernsey Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (584 more) ...
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill 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.<4>
While we didn't find Ridgewood Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ridgewood Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ridgewood Acres, with the one closest to Ridgewood Acres listed first.
- Cassell
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cassell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Cambridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- New Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Byesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Camp is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Camp
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Craig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Tyner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tyner is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Flat Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Robins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robins is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
- Boden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boden is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boden
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Norwich
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Bluebell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ridgewood Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ridgewood Acres.
Newspapers Published in Ridgewood Acres ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ridgewood Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ridgewood Acres, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ridgewood Acres.
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 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 Ridgewood Acres:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Guernsey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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- Ridgewood Acres) 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 Ridgewood Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |