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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sandstone. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sandstone to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sandstone, please Contact Us.
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 (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. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sandstone is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Sandstone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandstone:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Sandstone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Lancaster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Thurston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Baltimore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Carroll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Nelsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Hartleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Carbondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Glouster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Reynoldsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Edgewater Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Edward ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Obetz
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Lockbourne
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Rockbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Gibisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Logan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Laurelville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomingville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Union Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Carbon Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Sand Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Buckeye Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Kirkersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Outville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Pataskala
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Union Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Beechwood Trails
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Fultonham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Cannelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Darlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Avalon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thornville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Rehoboth
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Straitsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Tarlton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Knollwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Saint Paul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Thacher
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Circleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Duvall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Logan Elm Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- South Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 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
- Elmwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Adelphi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Stella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Hope ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Zaleski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandstone, see our County-by-County Page for Sandstone.
Cemeteries Near Sandstone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandstone.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandstone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- Applegate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bibler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Freisner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lamott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Myers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colins Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Amish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (608 more) ...
- County Infirmary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mudhouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.
Sandstone itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandstone, with the one closest to Sandstone listed first.
- North Berne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Berne is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne
- Colfax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Lancaster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dumontville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hooker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Thurston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Joe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Avalon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Clearport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandstone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandstone.
Newspapers Published in Sandstone ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandstone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandstone, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandstone.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:
- 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> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sandstone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |