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 Rushville (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 Rushville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Rushville is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Rushville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rushville:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Rushville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- West Rushville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Baltimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millersport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Sugar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Hartleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Bessemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Nelsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glouster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Trimble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Truetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Chauncey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Blacklick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Edgewater Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Havens Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Truro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Bright ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Rockbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Gibisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Sand Run Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Carbon Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Union Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- New Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Candy Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Harbor Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Buckeye Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Gratiot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Central City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Heath
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Deavertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Durant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Elliott Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Fultonham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Darlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Cannelville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- South Zanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Buckeye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Nashport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- North Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Blue Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Philo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Avalon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thornville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chalfants
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Mount Perry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Clover Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Knollwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Thacher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Ashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Circleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Logan Elm Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- South Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ross County
- Adelphi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- Stella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rushville, see our County-by-County Page for Rushville.
Cemeteries Near Rushville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rushville.
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 Rushville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rushville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- Rushville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Rushville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Combs Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Oakthorpe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ruffner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Mathews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (627 more) ...
- Otterbein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Binckley Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binckley Ridge Cemetery
- The Binckley Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ridge Cemetery
- Drumm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rushville had a population of 291 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Rushville had a population of 309 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rushville, with the one closest to Rushville listed first.
- West Rushville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Avalon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Colfax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- North Berne
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Berne is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne
- Carthon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Crossenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crossenville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossenville
- New Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Wellan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wellan is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellan
- Junction City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ziontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
- Joe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Thornville
(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 Rushville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rushville.
Newspapers Published in Rushville ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rushville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rushville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rushville.
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 Rushville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton 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 Rushville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rushville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |