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 Smith Mill (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 Smith Mill. 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 Smith Mill ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Smith Mill: Smith Ml. (or less commonly used: Smith Mll.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smith Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smith Mill.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Smith Mill is located in 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 Smith Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smith Mill:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Smith Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Philo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- New Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- North Zanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Blue Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Athens County
- Hartleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Conesville
(17 miles [27.4 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coshocton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- New Guilford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Bluebell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Byesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Oldham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Birds Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill 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
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Reform
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Ben
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Durant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Deavertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- McConnelsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Malta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reinersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Morganville
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Hackney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Stockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Westland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Elliott Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- 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
- Hoskinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- 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
- Caldwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ephraim
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- 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
- Ashton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Dungannon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Roseville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- 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
- Rehoboth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- New Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Rendville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Glenford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Postboy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Peoli
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Luke Chute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Beverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Macksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smith Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Smith Mill.
Cemeteries Near Smith Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smith Mill.
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 Smith Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smith Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Reeve - Crumbaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chandlersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Duncan Falls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Salt Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Norwich.
- The Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Norwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Norwich United Presbyterian Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Miller - Spangler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Philo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (591 more) ...
- St. Anns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McNaughton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Smith Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smith Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smith Mill, with the one closest to Smith Mill listed first.
- Carlwick ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carlwick is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlwick
- Bridgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Pierce ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Chandlersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Duncan Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Sonora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sonora is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Philo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Freeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Rix Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Norwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sealover ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sealover is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sealover
- Oakland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smith Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smith Mill.
Newspapers Published in Smith Mill ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smith Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smith Mill, 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 Smith Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Smith Mill:
- 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> | 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 Smith Mill, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Smith Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |