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 Steelton (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 Steelton. 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.
Steelton is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Steelton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Steelton:
- Franklin County (The home county of Steelton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Bannon ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bannon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannon
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Muhks Corners ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Muhks Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhks Corners
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bexley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edward ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Briggsdale ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Briggsdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsdale
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Doneys ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doneys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doneys
- Shepard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shepard is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Obetz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Powell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Harlem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Africa ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Shawnee Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Liberty Church ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Liberty Church is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Church
- Liberty Church has also been known as:
- Union
- Center Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Lithopolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pickerington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Amanda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millersport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Thurston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Stoutsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Lakeside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lancaster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Cook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bloomingburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Summit Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Etna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Pataskala
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Trails
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Ash ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Kirkersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Outville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Alexandria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Johnstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Union Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plain City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Mount Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chrisman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plumwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chuckery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Range
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Choctaw Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Perry County
- Thornville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Duvall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Commercial Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Orient
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Matville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Ashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Darbyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- East Ringgold
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Fox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Pherson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Circleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Yellowbud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Clarksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Jerome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Unionville Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Marysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milford Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Steelton, see our County-by-County Page for Steelton.
Cemeteries Near Steelton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steelton.
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 Steelton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Steelton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Beth Jacob Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tifcreth Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Agudas Achim Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Columbus.
- The Green Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109024 <2>
- Watkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Obetz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklinton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Feebleminded Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (525 more) ...
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Insane & Penal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hendren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Steelton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Steelton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Steelton, with the one closest to Steelton listed first.
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Edward ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Briggsdale ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Briggsdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsdale
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reese
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reese is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Doneys ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doneys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doneys
- Shepard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shepard is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Grove City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Truro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Camp Chase ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Camp Chase is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Chase
- Shadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Groveport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Marble Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Steelton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Steelton.
Newspapers Published in Steelton ...
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 382 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steelton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steelton, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Steelton.
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 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 Steelton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Union 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 Steelton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Steelton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |