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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Stony Ridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stony Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stony Ridge, 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 Stony Ridge (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 Stony Ridge. 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 Stony Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Stony Ridge: Stony Rdg. (or less commonly used: Stony Rdge. or Stony Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stony Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stony Ridge.
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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Stony Ridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike 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 Pike County: Adams, Highland, Jackson, Ross & Scioto.
Below are the counties that are near Stony Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stony Ridge:
- Pike County (The home county of Stony Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Riverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Piketon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Sargents
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Coopersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Latham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greggs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Glen Jean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Peck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Shyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Wakefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wakefield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Jaybird
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Locust Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mineral Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Peebles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Louden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- May Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Blue Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- Tranquility
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Moore ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Wheat Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Ridge
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Sinking Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Barretts Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Elmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Turkey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Marshall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- North Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- New Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berrysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Folsom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Bridges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Glade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Limerick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Coalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Petrea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Altoona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Banner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Blackfork Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blackfork Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfork Junction
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Nipgen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Summithill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Alma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Dills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Bainbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bourneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Massieville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Deadman Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Richmond Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Humboldt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Chillicothe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Rarden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Arion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Otway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lucasville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lombardsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Minford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Rosemount
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- West Portsmouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Portsmouth is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Portsmouth
- Harrison Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- Vinton County
- Richland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- South Portsmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- South Shore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Frost
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Grays Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Lewis County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Firebrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Quincy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Quincy is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stony Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Stony Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Stony Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stony Ridge.
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 Stony Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stony Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Parmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brewer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Yankee Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ware Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vine Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Waldern Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Calkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Russell #1 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mustard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Henry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (656 more) ...
- Chestnut Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Milliron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Stony Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stony Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stony Ridge, with the one closest to Stony Ridge listed first.
- Elm Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elm Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Idaho
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Riverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Daleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Daleyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleyville
- Piketon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Arkoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arkoe is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Camp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Sargents
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Morgantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgantown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
- Buchanan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buchanan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Sedan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sedan is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coopersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coopersville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopersville
- Latham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Joy is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stony Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stony Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Stony Ridge ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stony Ridge, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stony Ridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Stony Ridge:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Highland County
- Jackson County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Vinton County
- Greenup County
- Lewis 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 Stony Ridge, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stony Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |