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 Smyrna (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 Smyrna. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Smyrna is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Jefferson & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Smyrna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smyrna:
- Harrison County (The home county of Smyrna)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Freeport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Deersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Feed Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- New Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Athens is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Cadiz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Bowerston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Conotton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Holloway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Hendrysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Flushing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morristown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Lafferty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Oco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Barnesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bannock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loomis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loomis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Leesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leavittsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Queensboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Atwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Dellroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Valleyview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Plainfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Lafayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Londonderry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fairview has also been known as:
- Fairview village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
- Antrim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Middlebourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Winterset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Birmingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Elizabethtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Odell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Easton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Quaker City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brady ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Old Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Adena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Dillonvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dillonvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillonvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Olszeski Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Olszeski Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olszeski Town
- Smithfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smithfield is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 786 people
- Bloomingdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Amsterdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Highland City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland City
- Tiltonsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tiltonsville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiltonsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,274 people
- Yorkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rayland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Jerusalem
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Miltonsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Miltonsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Beallsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beallsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beallsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Ozark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ozark is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Coats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coats is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Woodsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Carrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Carrick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carrick
- Muskingum County
- New Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Batesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Kennonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mud Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Mount Ephraim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Whigville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Mount Zion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Summerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Sarahsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- West Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Stillwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Peoli
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Bernice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Dennison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Uhrichsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gnadenhutten
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarawas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Port Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Postboy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Brooke County (WV)
- Windsor Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Windsor Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Benwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McMechen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Allendale is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Glen Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Ohio County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Wheeling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clearview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clearview is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,298 people
- Echo Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Echo Point is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Point
- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smyrna, see our County-by-County Page for Smyrna.
Cemeteries Near Smyrna ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smyrna.
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 Smyrna - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smyrna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Smyrna Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Yankee Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenmount Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenmount Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Freeport.
- The Greenmount Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenmount Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41184 <2>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Freeport Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scotch Covenanter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunset View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View Cemetery
- The Sunset View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Londonderry Cemetery
- Greenmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeport Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (591 more) ...
- Bunfills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stillwater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Smyrna had a population of 147 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smyrna, with the one closest to Smyrna listed first.
- Oakgrove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakgrove is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
- Freeport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piedmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Londonderry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Moorefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moorefield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Sewellsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sewellsville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewellsville
- Holloway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Clendening ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clendening is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendening
- Antrim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fairview has also been known as:
- Fairview village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
- Tippecanoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tippecanoe is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe
- Kennon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kennon is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hendrysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Egypt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Cassville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smyrna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smyrna.
Newspapers Published in Smyrna ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smyrna.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smyrna, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smyrna.
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 Smyrna:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Jefferson County
- Monroe County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Tuscarawas County
- Brooke County
- Marshall County
- Ohio 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 Smyrna, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smyrna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |