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 Staunton (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 Staunton. 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 and hospitals 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.
Staunton is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Staunton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Staunton:
- Fayette County (The home county of Staunton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Washington Court House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Bloomingburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Octa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jeffersonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Cook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Brown County
- Saint Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- South Charleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cortsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Memphis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Sabina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- New Vienna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Port William
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Morrisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Wilmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Martinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- North Kingman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Westboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- New Burlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Harrisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Bowersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Cedarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilberforce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Xenia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Roxanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Spring Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- East Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Bridges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- New Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Barretts Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Willettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hoagland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Marshall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Lynchburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shackleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Range
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- South Solon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Mount Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- New Holland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Williamsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pherson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Darbyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Matville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Orient
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Logan Elm Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Circleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Commercial Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Cynthiana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Newfain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- South Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Fruitdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Frankfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Humboldt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Clarksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Roxabell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Lattaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Musselman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Bainbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Warren County
- Harveysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Staunton, see our County-by-County Page for Staunton.
Cemeteries Near Staunton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Staunton.
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 Staunton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Staunton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Staunton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carmean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coffman - Orr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Highlawn Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cochran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (534 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Staunton had a population of 128 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Staunton, with the one closest to Staunton listed first.
- Jasper Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper Mills
- Washington Court House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Martinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Martinsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Martinsburg
- Good Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Good Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Hagler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Ghormley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ghormley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley
- McLean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McLean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
- Memphis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- East Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Kingfred ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kingfred is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfred
- Sabina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Parrott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Parrott is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Staunton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Staunton.
Newspapers Published in Staunton ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Staunton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Staunton, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Staunton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Staunton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Warren 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 Staunton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Staunton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |