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 Russell (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 Russell. 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 hospitals 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.
Russell is located in Morrow 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 Morrow County: Crawford, Delaware, Knox, Marion & Richland.
Below are the counties that are near Russell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Russell:
- Morrow County (The home county of Russell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shawtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Chesterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Marengo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Westfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Sparta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Perrysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mifflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Galion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crestline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Bucyrus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Tiro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Broken Sword
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Lemert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Chatfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Ashley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Corners ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Corners
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Peerless is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless has also been known as:
- Peerless Station
- East Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Liberty is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Kingston Center ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kingston Center is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Center
- Olive Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Olive Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Leonardsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsburg
- Leonardsburg has also been known as:
- Eden Station
- Norton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Stark's Corners ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stark's Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark's Corners
- Coles Mills ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coles Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mills
- Inskeep Corners ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Inskeep Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskeep Corners
- Paget ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paget is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paget
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Westerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Central College ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Flint ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Huber Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Blendon Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Minerva Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- New Albany
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Worthington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Batemantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Dorema
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Green Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Fredericktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Mount Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Centerburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bangs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Five Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Lock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Green ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Johnstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Utica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- New Way ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Beech ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Caledonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Martel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Logan ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Waldo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Newmans
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Prospect
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Camp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Ruth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Morral
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- New Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Hanley Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Alta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Maybee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Butler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Newville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Vernon Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Lucas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Magnetic Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Richwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pharisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Wyandot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Harpster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Russell, see our County-by-County Page for Russell.
Cemeteries Near Russell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Russell.
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 Russell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Russell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hexsite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mosher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Glendale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Asbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Buck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- River Cliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fulton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kenney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bingham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (521 more) ...
- Harmony Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bryn Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunfish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Russell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Russell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Russell, with the one closest to Russell listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cardington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Edison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaskiville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaskiville is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaskiville
- Surprise ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Surprise is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Marengo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Climax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Climax is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Chesterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Ashley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Saint James
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint James is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Caledonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pagetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pagetown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagetown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Russell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Russell.
Newspapers Published in Russell ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Russell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Russell, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Russell.
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 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 Russell:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Morrow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Crawford County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Marion County
- Richland County
- Union County
- Wyandot 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 Russell, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Russell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |