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 Ruraldale (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 Ruraldale. 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 doctors 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.
Ruraldale is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Ruraldale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ruraldale:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Ruraldale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Museville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Blue Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Philo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Cannelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Buckeye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
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- Rix Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
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- Darlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
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- South Zanesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Norwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Hartleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Amesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Armadale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Armadale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armadale
- Greens Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Truetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mudsock is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Bessemer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
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- Buchtel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Big Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Big Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Conesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Cumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Bluebell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Byesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Spring Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
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- Cambridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Senecaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Lore City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Murray City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Jobs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- New Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Orbiston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
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- Sand Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Candy Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Gratiot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Monroe County
- Stafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Durant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- McConnelsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Malta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Deavertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Neelysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Reinersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Morganville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Hackney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Stockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Westland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Todds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Elliott Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Olive Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Hoskinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Belle Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Caldwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Dungannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Sarahsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Ashton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
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- South Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
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- Crooked Tree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
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- Dexter City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Fulda
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fulda is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulda
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Roseville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Crooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Clover Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Corning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Redfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Congo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Rehoboth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Drakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- New Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hemlock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Luke Chute
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Beverly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Macksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Elba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Alden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Warner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Barlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Devola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Devola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devola
- Lower Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ruraldale, see our County-by-County Page for Ruraldale.
Cemeteries Near Ruraldale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ruraldale.
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 Ruraldale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ruraldale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Ruraldale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Allens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Free Grace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Rock Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gaysport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jacklot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (606 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blue Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Ruraldale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ruraldale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ruraldale, with the one closest to Ruraldale listed first.
- Museville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Blue Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gaysport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gaysport is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysport
- Cedar Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Merriam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merriam is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Stone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Durant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Rokeby Lock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rokeby Lock is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rokeby Lock
- Rowland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rowland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- McDonald
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Young Hickory
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Young Hickory is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Zeno
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zeno is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeno
- High Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- High Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Cloud ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cloud is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ruraldale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ruraldale.
Newspapers Published in Ruraldale ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ruraldale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ruraldale, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ruraldale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ruraldale:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry 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> | 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 Ruraldale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Ruraldale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |