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 Shanersville (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 Shanersville. 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.
Shanersville is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County : Butler , Clark , Darke , Greene , Miami , Preble & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Shanersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shanersville:
Montgomery County (The home county of Shanersville)
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
West Carrollton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Centerville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Moraine (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Whitfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Whitfield is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Oakwood Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Miamisburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Kettering (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Gem City Estates (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates Oakwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Oakwood is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
Frytown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Frytown is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown Carlisle (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Germantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Dayton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Butler County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Poast Town Heights (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights Poast Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Poast Town is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Middletown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Astoria (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Astoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria South Middletown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
South Middletown is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown Miltonville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Miltonville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville Monroe (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Jacksonburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Trenton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Kyles (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Kyles is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Rockdale (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Rockdale is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Taylor Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Taylor Village is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Village Bethany (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Bethany is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Champaign County
Christiansburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Clark County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Park Layne (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Park Layne is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne Crystal Lakes (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes Holiday Valley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Holiday Valley is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley Green Meadows (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Green Meadows is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows Enon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
New Carlisle (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Donnelsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Donnelsville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
Dodo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Dodo is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo Limestone City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Limestone City is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City Green Hedges (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Green Hedges is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges Shawnee Acres (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres Cortsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Cortsville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville North Hampton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
North Hampton is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
Clermont County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Loveland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Branch Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Branch Hill is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Hill Epworth Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Epworth Heights is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Heights Mount Repose (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Mount Repose is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Repose Mulberry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Mulberry is located in Clermont County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
New Burlington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
New Burlington is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington North Kingman (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
North Kingman is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman Clarksville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Port William (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Port William is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
Wilmington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Blanchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Clinton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Clinton is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Midland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Midland is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
Morrisville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Morrisville is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Westboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Westboro is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro Martinsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Martinsville is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Gordon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Ithaca (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
Pitsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Castine (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Arcanum (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Bellbrook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Beavercreek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Roxanna (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Roxanna is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna Spring Valley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Trebein (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Trebein is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein Trebein has also been known as:
Beaver Station Beaver Frost Station Pickeneyville Pinckneyvile Pinewood Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Pinewood Village is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village Xenia (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Fairborn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Wilberforce (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
New Jasper (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
New Jasper is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper Yellow Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Cedarville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Clifton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Hamilton County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Loveland Park (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Loveland Park is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland Park Highpoint (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Highpoint is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint Sharonville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Fairfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Springdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Evendale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Remington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Remington is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington Forest Park (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Glendale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Run Farm (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm Blue Ash (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Montgomery (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lincoln Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lincoln Heights is located in Hamilton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights Population from the 2020 Census: 3,354 people
Miami County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Ginghamsburg (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg Garland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Garland is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Tipp City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Kessler (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Kessler is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler West Milton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Potsdam (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Potsdam is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Ludlow Falls (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Laura (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Alcony (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Alcony is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony Troy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Casstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Pleasant Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Preble County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Ingomar (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Ingomar is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar Gratis (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
West Alexandria (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
West Elkton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Euphemia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Euphemia is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia Lewisburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Camden (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Eaton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Verona (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lake Lakengren (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren Corvin ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Corvin is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin Morning Sun (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Morning Sun is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Sun New Hope (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
New Hope is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Shelby County
Riverside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Riverside is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Five Points (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Five Points is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Springboro (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Kenricksville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Kenricksville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville Franklin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Hunter (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hunter is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Red Lion (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Waynesville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Corwin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Greentree Corners (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Greentree Corners is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners Lebanon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Harveysburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Harveysburg is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
Shadow Lake Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village Hageman (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hageman is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman Williams County
Franklin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Franklin is located in Williams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shanersville, see our County-by-County Page for Shanersville .
Cemeteries Near Shanersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shanersville.
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 Shanersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shanersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
Gebhart Church Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Washington Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Miamisburg Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Hill Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Centerville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Old Centerville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Woodbourne Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Zion Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Evergreen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Moyer Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Stettler Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Rehoboth Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Cemetery The Rehoboth Cemetery has also been known as:
Rehoboth Methodist Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42870 <2>
Continue List (521 more) ...
Sears Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Himes Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Creager Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Shanersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shanersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shanersville, with the one closest to Shanersville listed first.
West Carrollton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Centerville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Whitfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Whitfield is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Miamisburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Springboro (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Ellerton (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Ellerton is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerton Carlisle (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Franklin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Ridgeville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Ridgeville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Lytle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Lytle is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle Liberty (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Liberty is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Germantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Continue List (17 more) ...
Bellbrook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Dayton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Pekin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Pekin is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shanersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shanersville .
Newspapers Published in Shanersville ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shanersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shanersville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Shanersville.
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 Shanersville:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Montgomery County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Butler County Champaign County Clark County Clermont County Clinton County Darke County Greene County Hamilton County Miami County Preble County Shelby County Warren County Williams County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shanersville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Montgomery County: https://www.mcohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Shanersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Shanersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.