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 Slaters (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 Slaters. 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 and doctors 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.
Slaters is primarily located in Champaign County. A portion of Slaters extends into Noble 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 Champaign County: Clark, Logan, Madison, Miami, Shelby & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Slaters. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slaters:
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Barnesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Hunter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Bethesda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Cumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bluebell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Senecaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Claysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Byesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lore City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Meadow Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Salesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Stafford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Lewisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Edwina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Edwina is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Graysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Miltonsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Woodsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Plainview
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Jerusalem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Ozark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ozark is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Coats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Antioch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Reinersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Hackney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Neelysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- McConnelsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Malta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Durant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Stockport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Todds
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Westland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Chesterhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Museville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- Rix Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- McDonald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Blue Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Philo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Cannelville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Pleasant Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Belle Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Caldwell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sharon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Hoskinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Sarahsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Olive Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Ashton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Mount Zion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Fulda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fulda is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulda
- South Olive
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Olive
- Mount Ephraim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Dexter City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Roseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crooksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rendville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Macksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Beverly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lower Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Warner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Lowell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Whipple
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whipple is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
- Dalzell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dalzell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
- Luke Chute
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Alden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Churchtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Devola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Devola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devola
- Pleasants County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Pleasants County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Willow Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Island is located in Pleasants County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island
- Tyler County (WV)
- Friendly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendly is located in Tyler County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Wood County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boaz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Boaz is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slaters, see our County-by-County Page for Slaters.
Cemeteries Near Slaters ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slaters.
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 Slaters - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slaters covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Jennings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marquis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Sharon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Sharon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sharon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Sharon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141116 <2>
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olive Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Caldwell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42584 <2>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Belle Valley.
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belle Valley Cemetery
- Corpus Christi Catholic Cemetery
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
- Barrys Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoskinsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville Cemetery
- The Hoskinsville Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Hoskinsville Cemetery
- Ragans Cemetery
- Continue List (637 more) ...
- Noyes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fowler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Halleys Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Slaters in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slaters.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slaters, with the one closest to Slaters listed first.
- Caldwell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Belle Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sharon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Duvall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Duvall is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Hoskinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Dudley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Ava
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ava is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Sarahsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Hiramsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hiramsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiramsburg
- Scott ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scott is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Ashton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rich Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Valley is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Fredericksdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fredericksdale is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksdale
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slaters. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slaters.
Newspapers Published in Slaters ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slaters.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slaters, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slaters.
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 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 Slaters:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Champaign County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Guernsey County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Washington County
- Pleasants County
- Tyler County
- Wood 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Slaters, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Slaters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |