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 Sandstone Canyon (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 Sandstone Canyon. 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.
Name Variations for Sandstone Canyon ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sandstone Canyon: Sandstone Cyn. (or less commonly used: Sandstone Canyn. or Sandstone Cnyn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and 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.
Sandstone Canyon is located in Licking 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 Licking County: Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Muskingum & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Sandstone Canyon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandstone Canyon:
- Licking County (The home county of Sandstone Canyon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Union Station
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Hebron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Heath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Outville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Granville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Kirkersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- New Guilford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Cooperdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Green ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Center Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Harlem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Vans Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- South Condit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Condit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- North Condit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Culver Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Culver Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Creek
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thurston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pickerington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Carroll
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lancaster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Blacklick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- New Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Reynoldsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Canal Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Blacklick Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Gahanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitehall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hocking County
- Rockbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Martinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Five Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Hunt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Milfordton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Bladensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Centerburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bangs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Mount Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Gambier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pipesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Esto ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Nashport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Black Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Fultonham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Shannon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Frazeysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- North Zanesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- South Zanesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Zanesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dresden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Buckeye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Thornville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Somerset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Avalon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Rehoboth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Saint Paul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- East Ringgold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Ashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandstone Canyon, see our County-by-County Page for Sandstone Canyon.
Cemeteries Near Sandstone Canyon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandstone Canyon.
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 Sandstone Canyon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandstone Canyon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Licking Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Luray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray Cemetery
- The Luray Cemetery has also been known as:
- Georges Chapel Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Den Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Colony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- College Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksontown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dawes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sanford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (587 more) ...
- Welsh Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- York Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Sandstone Canyon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandstone Canyon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandstone Canyon, with the one closest to Sandstone Canyon listed first.
- Union Station
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Hebron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Outville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Kirkersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Jacksontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Granville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Millersport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thornport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thornport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornport
- Newark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thornville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alexandria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pataskala
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Etna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandstone Canyon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandstone Canyon.
Newspapers Published in Sandstone Canyon ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandstone Canyon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandstone Canyon, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandstone Canyon.
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 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 Sandstone Canyon:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Morgan County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway 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 Sandstone Canyon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandstone Canyon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |