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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 Shanesville (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 Shanesville. 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 southwest 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 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.
Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Shanesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shanesville:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Shanesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Sugarcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Baltic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Strasburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Stone Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Philadelphia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Zoar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Atwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Sherrodsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Queensboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Leesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Dellroy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Valleyview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Malvern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Layland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Coshocton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Plainfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Warsaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nellie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Conesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Birds Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Brady ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Oldham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Londonderry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Winterset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Feed Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Bowerston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tappan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Conotton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Deersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Freeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Farmerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Killbuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glenmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stillwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Miley Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Knox County
- Gann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Muskingum County
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Beach City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Justus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Brewster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Sherman Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- East Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Westarado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- East Sparta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Massillon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Comet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- New Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- East Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Shreve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Millbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Orrville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Boys Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Weilersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Wooster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shanesville, see our County-by-County Page for Shanesville.
Cemeteries Near Shanesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shanesville.
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 Shanesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shanesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Shanesville First Reformed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shanesville Eastlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hostetler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Levi L. Yoder Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levi L. Yoder Farm Cemetery
- The Levi L. Yoder Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Troyer Valley Cemetery
- Miller - Mast Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Yoder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hardscrabble Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Selton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deitz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (670 more) ...
- Yoder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Cemetery
- The Yoder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nelson Kaufman Farm Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crist E. Miller Farm Cemetery
- Walnut Creek Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek Mennonite Cemetery
- The Walnut Creek Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walnut Creek Mennonite Church Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Shanesville had a population of 713 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shanesville, with the one closest to Shanesville listed first.
- Sugarcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Farmerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Ragersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ragersville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragersville
- Walnut Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baltic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trail is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Charm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Becks Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Becks Mills is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Mills
- Blackband
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blackband is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackband
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shanesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shanesville.
Newspapers Published in Shanesville ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shanesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shanesville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shanesville.
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 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 Shanesville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Summit 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 Shanesville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shanesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |