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 Rock Mills (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 Rock Mills. 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 Rock Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Rock Mills: Rock Mls. (or less commonly used: Rock Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rock Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Mills.
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 doctors and 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.
Rock Mills is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Rock Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Mills:
- Fayette County (The home county of Rock Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Washington Court House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hagler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Yatesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Louden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- May Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Brown County
- Saint Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Cortsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- South Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Sabina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Vienna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Morrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Port William
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Wilmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Martinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Midland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- North Kingman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Westboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Harrisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Bowersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Grape Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- New Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Barretts Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Willettsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Hoagland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Berrysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Shackleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Range
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Solon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chrisman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- New Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Williamsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Darbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Elmwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Circleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Matville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Orient
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Commercial Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Cynthiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Newfain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Peck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- South Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roxabell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Humboldt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Lattaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Clarksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Musselman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Bainbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Mills.
Cemeteries Near Rock Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Mills.
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 Rock Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Rock Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coffman - Orr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sollars Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cochran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers McElwain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Archer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stuckey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (550 more) ...
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sheep Pen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Pen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sheep Pen Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Greenfield.
- The Sheep Pen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gustin Cemetery
- Limes Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43392 <2>
- Hyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Rock Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rock Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Mills, with the one closest to Rock Mills listed first.
- Ghormley ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ghormley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley
- Good Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Good Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- New Martinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Martinsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Martinsburg
- Staunton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Staunton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- McLean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McLean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
- Washington Court House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- East Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Thrifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thrifton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifton
- Kingfred ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingfred is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfred
- Jasper Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper Mills
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Lyndon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lyndon is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- Johnson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- South Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Mills.
Newspapers Published in Rock Mills ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Mills, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Mills.
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 helpful 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 Rock Mills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross 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 '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- Rock Mills) 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 Rock Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |