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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Seawright. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Seawright to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Seawright, 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 Seawright (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 Seawright. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Seawright is historic, it would have been located within present day Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Seawright. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seawright:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Seawright)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- McDonald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Philo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Norwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Blue Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wortley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Buckeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- New Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Museville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- South Zanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Cannelville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Hartleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Conesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Coshocton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Fresno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Claysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bluebell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Abledell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Pleasant City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Byesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Senecaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Gratiot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Reform
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Ben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Harbor Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Deavertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- McConnelsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Malta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Reinersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Morganville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Neelysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Hackney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Stockport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Westland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Elliott Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Todds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Hoskinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Mount Zion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Belle Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Caldwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sarahsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Mount Ephraim
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Ashton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Dungannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Kennonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mud Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Crooked Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Roseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Mount Perry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Rehoboth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Chalfants
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Congo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Postboy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Luke Chute
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Beverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Macksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seawright, see our County-by-County Page for Seawright.
Cemeteries Near Seawright ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seawright.
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 Seawright - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seawright covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Reeve - Crumbaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chandlersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan Falls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Methodist Cemetery
- The Fairview Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Church Cemetery
- Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1996013 <3>
- Philo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McNaughton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blue Rock Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (598 more) ...
- Rich Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Miller - Spangler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Seawright 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 Seawright, with the one closest to Seawright listed first.
- Pierce ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pierce is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Chandlersville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McDonald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Carlwick ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carlwick is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlwick
- Duncan Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Philo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Griffin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Bridgeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Rix Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Sealover ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sealover is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sealover
- Blue Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gaysport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gaysport is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysport
- High Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Spratt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spratt is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seawright. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seawright.
Newspapers Published in Seawright ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seawright.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seawright, 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 Seawright.
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 Seawright:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington 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 Seawright, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seawright) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |