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 Shady Bend (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 Shady Bend. 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 Shady Bend ...
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 Shady Bend: Shady Bnd.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Bend. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Bend.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Shady Bend is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Shady Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Bend:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Shady Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Plainfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fresno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Canal Lewisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Layland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Cooperdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Holloway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Hendrysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Rock Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Leesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Birds Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Odell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Birmingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Oldham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Brady ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Winterset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Abledell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Antrim
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Freeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Smyrna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Station Fifteen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Deersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Tappan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Bowerston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conotton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Cassville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Scio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Farmerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Killbuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Millersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Stillwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Glenmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Licking County
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Norwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Trinway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Rix Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Gilbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Shannon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Frazeysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Pleasant Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Mount Zion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Kennonsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Batesville
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Beach City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brewster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Justus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Postboy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Wolf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Bernice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Port Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Stone Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Baltic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Chester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Old Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Tuscarawas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Bend, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Bend.
Cemeteries Near Shady Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Bend.
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 Shady Bend - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- West Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Bridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Everal Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Schweitzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East State Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- State Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evansburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waggoner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbit - Swigert Cemetery
- The Corbit - Swigert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corbit Cemetery
- Swigert Cemetery
- Earleys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (623 more) ...
- Centenary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Miskimen Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Shady Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Bend, with the one closest to Shady Bend listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Postboy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Plainfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Booth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Booth is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Wolf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- West Lafayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Birds Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Guernsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Bakersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bakersville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Bacon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bacon is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Linton Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Linton Mills is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton Mills
- Port Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Kimbolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berwyn ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berwyn is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Pearl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Bend.
Newspapers Published in Shady Bend ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Bend, 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 Shady Bend.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Shady Bend:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Shady Bend, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shady Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |