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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Squawtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Squawtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Squawtown, please Contact Us.
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 Squawtown (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 Squawtown. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Squawtown is historic, it would have been located within present day Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Squawtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Squawtown:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Squawtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Elmwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Thacher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Circleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Knollwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Huntsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pherson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- East Ringgold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Grange Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Stoutsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Amanda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Lithopolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carroll
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lancaster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Pickerington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Cook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Washington Court House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Yatesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Hagler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Lockbourne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Harrisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Canal Winchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grove City Country Club
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Obetz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Grove City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- East Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Barretts Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Laurelville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Apple
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- South Bloomingville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gibisonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- West Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Ray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Limerick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Range
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Chrisman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Peck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Bristol Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Waverly City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Jean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Mount Sinai
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Spellman Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Greggs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Piketon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Zahn's Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Cynthiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Yellowbud
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Clarksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Riton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Adelphi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chillicothe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Roxabell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Stella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Richland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Squawtown, see our County-by-County Page for Squawtown.
Cemeteries Near Squawtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Squawtown.
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 Squawtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Squawtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Emmitt Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Young Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Springbank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fryback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dungan Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Westfall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barthlomew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthlomew Cemetery
- The Barthlomew Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barthelmas Cemetery
- Noble Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crouse Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chipman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (624 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minear Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel Cemetery
- The Union Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Andersonville Cemetery
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.
While we didn't find Squawtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Squawtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Squawtown, with the one closest to Squawtown listed first.
- Yellowbud
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Elmwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Kinnikinnick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kinnikinnick is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinnikinnick
- Kinderhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kinderhook is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Circleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Whisler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whisler is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisler
- Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlyn is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlyn
- Hopetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hopetown is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopetown
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hallsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hallsville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Clarksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Squawtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Squawtown.
Newspapers Published in Squawtown ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Squawtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Squawtown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Squawtown.
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 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 Squawtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Vinton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Squawtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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- Squawtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |