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 Smoky Corners (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 Smoky Corners. 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 Smoky Corners ...
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 Smoky Corners: Smoky Cors.
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.
Smoky Corners is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Lewis (KY), Mason (KY), Brown, Highland, Pike & Scioto.
Below are the counties that are near Smoky Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smoky Corners:
- Adams County (The home county of Smoky Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Locust Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Peebles
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Louden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Jaybird
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- May Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Mineral Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Tranquility
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Harshasville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harshasville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshasville
- Seaman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Wheat Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Ridge
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Fincastle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fincastle is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Macon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Macon is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Ash Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ash Ridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Ridge
- Decatur
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Sardinia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Neel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neel is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Russellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
- Arnheim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arnheim is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnheim
- Ellsberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsberry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsberry
- Bardwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bardwell is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardwell
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Orab
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- New Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Sinking Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Elmville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Turkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- North Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Barretts Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Berrysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Folsom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Sugar Tree Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Tree Ridge is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree Ridge
- New Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Shackleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- Jackson County
- Glade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Lawrence County
- Rome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rome is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Poplar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Newfain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cynthiana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Camp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Jasper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Riverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Coopersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Sargents
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Piketon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wakefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Bainbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nipgen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Humboldt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Dills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Summithill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Fruitdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Bourneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- South Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Lattaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Alma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Massieville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Rarden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Otway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Arion
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Lombardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Lucasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Portsmouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Friendship
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Shannoah Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shannoah Town is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannoah Town
- Pond Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Run is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
- Summit County
- Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- South Portsmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- South Shore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frost
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Pence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pence is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
- Firebrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Vanceburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Garrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Garrison is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Quincy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smoky Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Smoky Corners.
Cemeteries Near Smoky Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smoky Corners.
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 Smoky Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smoky Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Strait Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Byrd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Suiter - Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Furnace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beekman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (630 more) ...
- Cedar Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Louden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden Cemetery
- The Louden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Louden Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297778 <2>
- Loudon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Smoky Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smoky Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smoky Corners, with the one closest to Smoky Corners listed first.
- Locust Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Sinking Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Poplar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Peebles
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beaver Pond is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
- Byington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Byington is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byington
- Elmville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Jaybird
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Arkoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arkoe is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Latham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newfain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Turkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- North Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- May Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Mineral Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smoky Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smoky Corners.
Newspapers Published in Smoky Corners ...
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 Smoky Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smoky Corners, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smoky Corners.
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 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 Smoky Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Clinton County
- Highland County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Summit County
- Greenup County
- Lewis 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 Smoky Corners, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smoky Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |