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 Salesville (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 Salesville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Salesville is located in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County: Belmont, Coshocton, Harrison, Muskingum, Noble & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Salesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salesville:
- Guernsey County (The home county of Salesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Quaker City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gibson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Middlebourne
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Easton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Lore City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fairview has also been known as:
- Fairview village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
- Old Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Senecaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Antrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Barnesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hendrysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Bethesda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Morristown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Holloway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Loomis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Loomis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Flushing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Lafferty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Plainfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Smyrna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Freeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cassville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- New Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Deersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Feed Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Tappan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Cadiz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Station Fifteen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Jefferson County
- Adena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Miltonsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Jerusalem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Lewisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Ozark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Stafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Beallsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Beallsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beallsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Woodsfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Edwina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Mount Carrick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carrick
- Graysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Reinersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Hackney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- New Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Norwich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Museville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- McDonald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Kennonsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Batesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Mud Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Mount Ephraim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Whigville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Summerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Mount Zion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sarahsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Fulda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fulda is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulda
- Belle Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- West Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Peoli
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Postboy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Gilmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Bernice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Stillwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Newcomerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wolf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Dennison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Macksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Dalzell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
- Lower Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Warner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Muskingum ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Muskingum is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskingum
- Gasville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gasville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasville
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Glen Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Salesville, see our County-by-County Page for Salesville.
Cemeteries Near Salesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salesville.
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 Salesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Salesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Sandhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leatherwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Quaker City.
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Advent Christian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2371026 <3>
- Eldon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kennonsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyscarver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (603 more) ...
- Olde Batesville Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frame #1 Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson Station 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Salesville had a population of 296 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2016, Salesville had a population of 126 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Salesville, with the one closest to Salesville listed first.
- Quaker City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spencer Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spencer Station is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Station
- Kennonsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Gibson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Batesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Baileys Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Baileys Mills is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Mills
- Middlebourne
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Lore City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Senecaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Temperanceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Temperanceville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperanceville
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fairview has also been known as:
- Fairview village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
- Calais
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Calais is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calais
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Barnesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chaseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chaseville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Mount Ephraim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Salesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salesville.
Newspapers Published in Salesville ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salesville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salesville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Salesville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Guernsey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Jefferson County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington County
- Marshall 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Salesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |