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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 Spellman Crossing (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 Spellman Crossing. 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 Spellman Crossing ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Spellman Crossing: Spellman Xing.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County.

To see how the shape of Ohio's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike County: Adams, Highland, Jackson, Ross & Scioto.

Below are the counties that are near Spellman Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spellman Crossing:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spellman Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Spellman Crossing.

Cemeteries Near Spellman Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spellman Crossing.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spellman Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spellman Crossing, with the one closest to Spellman Crossing listed first.

  • Bryan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Alderman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alderman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alderman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenbrier Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenbrier Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenbrier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lapperell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lapperell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lapperell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Potts Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potts Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potts Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bainbridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bainbridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bainbridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cynthiana Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cynthiana Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cynthiana Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Fain Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Fain Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Fain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (640 more) ...
    • Kincaid Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kincaid Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kincaid Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • East Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Barton Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Spellman Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spellman Crossing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Spellman Crossing, with the one closest to Spellman Crossing listed first.

  • Newfain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Latham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Morgantown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgantown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
    • Morgantown is located in Pike County
  • Bainbridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
    • Bainbridge is located in Ross County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainbridge <1>
  • Cynthiana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Byington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byington
    • Byington is located in Pike County
  • Nipgen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nipgen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
    • Nipgen is located in Ross County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Nipgen
    • From Spellman Crossing to Nipgen
  • Dills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
    • Dills is located in Ross County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dills
    • From Spellman Crossing to Dills
  • Barretts Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Humboldt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Harris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Harris is located in Ross County
  • Storms
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Storms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storms
    • Storms is located in Ross County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spellman Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spellman Crossing.

Newspapers Published in Spellman Crossing ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spellman Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spellman Crossing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spellman Crossing.

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 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 Spellman Crossing:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spellman Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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 Spellman Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spellman Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spellman Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1676, Longitude: -83.2740    









 

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