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 Rockville (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 Rockville. 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.
Rockville is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Lewis (KY), Mason (KY), Brown, Highland, Pike & Scioto.
Below are the counties that are near Rockville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockville:
- Adams County (The home county of Rockville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Squirrel Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Blue Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lynx
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lynx is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynx
- Wrightsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Moore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Mineral Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dunkinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- West Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whippoorwill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whippoorwill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippoorwill
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Ellsberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ellsberry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsberry
- Neel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neel is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Aberdeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Slickaway ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Slickaway is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickaway
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Hanging Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Coopersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Wakefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Wetmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wetmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Poplar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Riverdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Sargents
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Pond Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Friendship
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- Lombardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- West Portsmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Otway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Portsmouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Youngs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Rosemount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- New Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rarden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summit County
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Manchester is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Carter County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Smiths Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Boone Furnace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
- Carter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carter is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Wesleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wesleyville is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
- Kehoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kehoe is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
- Smoky Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smoky Valley is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Valley
- Counts Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Crossroads
- Olive Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Soldier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Soldier is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Grahn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grahn is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahn
- Elliott County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Gimlet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimlet
- Ault
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ault is located in Elliott County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ault
- Fleming County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Foxport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Foxport is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxport
- Pleasureville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasureville is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
- Ryan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Mount Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Beechburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beechburg is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechburg
- Muses Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
- Wallingford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wallingford is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Poplar Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Dalesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dalesburg is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalesburg
- Plummers Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Landing
- Flemingsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- York is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- South Portsmouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- Tygarts Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Lynn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- South Shore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Warnock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Warnock is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnock
- Frost
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Grays Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Lloyd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lloyd is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Greenup
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hopewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Argillite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Buena Vista
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Vanceburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Camp Dix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Camp Dix is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Dix
- Charters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Charters is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Firebrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Pence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pence is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Cottageville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cottageville is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Tollesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burtonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonville is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonville
- Mason County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Rectorville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rectorville is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rectorville
- Springdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Maysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Weedonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weedonia is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedonia
- Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Rowan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Haldeman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldeman
- Gates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Rowan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Elliottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockville, see our County-by-County Page for Rockville.
Cemeteries Near Rockville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockville.
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 Rockville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- McCall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs Cemetery
- The Sandy Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Spring Cemetery
- Sandy Spring Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1850358 <2>
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McDermitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Vanceburg Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1649262 <2>
- Brightman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McKendree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis County Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Witten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Twin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (664 more) ...
- Bruce Family Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maddy Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Matty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Rockville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Buena Vista
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Vanceburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tannery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tannery is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Garrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Stout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Pond Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Carrs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carrs is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrs
- Rugless
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rugless is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugless
- Selig
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selig is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selig
- Grimes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Blue Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smiths Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths Creek is located in Carter County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
- Friendship
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockville.
Newspapers Published in Rockville ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockville.
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 Rockville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Lawrence County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Summit County
- Carter County
- Elliott County
- Fleming County
- Greenup County
- Lewis County
- Mason County
- Rowan 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> | 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 Rockville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rockville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |