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 Storms (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 Storms. 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 hospitals and 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.
Storms is located in Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Storms. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Storms:
- Ross County (The home county of Storms)
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Dills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Summithill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Bourneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Nipgen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Bainbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lattaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Humboldt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Musselman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Fruitdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- South Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Fork Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Locust Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Louden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Jaybird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- May Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Peebles
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Tranquility
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Seaman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Ridge
- Dunkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkinsville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkinsville
- Emerald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Memphis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- New Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Sabina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Washington Court House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hagler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Sinking Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Turkey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Marshall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- East Monroe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Elmville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Bridges
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- North Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Berrysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Apple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Limerick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Ray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Glade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- New Holland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elmwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Williamsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Grange Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Thacher
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Pherson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Circleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Knollwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Tarlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Spellman Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Latham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Peck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Cynthiana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Newfain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Glen Jean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Waverly City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Piketon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Bear Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Rarden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Youngs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Otway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lucasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Arion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Lombardsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Purdy Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Storms, see our County-by-County Page for Storms.
Cemeteries Near Storms ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Storms.
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 Storms - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Storms covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Shoults Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoults Cemetery
- The Shoults Cemetery has also been known as:
- Schultz Cemetery
- Shultz Cemetery
- Tuvell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Storms Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Baum Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Platter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Potts Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (643 more) ...
- Twin Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Twin Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Bourneville.
- The Twin Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Twin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141092 <2>
- Tinker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Cemetery
- The Tinker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Township Cemetery
- Old Twin Cemetery
- Speakman Cemetery
- Bourneville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville Cemetery
- The Bourneville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bourneville Christian Church Cemetery
- Bourneville Methodist Cemetery
- Old Bourneville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155310 <2>
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 in 1895, Storms had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Storms, with the one closest to Storms listed first.
- Dills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Harris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Nipgen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Bourneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Newingburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newingburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newingburg
- Bainbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buchanan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Lattaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Morgantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Morgantown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
- Denver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Denver is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Humboldt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Harper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harper is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Musselman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- South Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Storms. See our List of 1890's Communities around Storms.
Newspapers Published in Storms ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Storms.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Storms, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Storms.
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 Storms:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Scioto 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 Storms, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Storms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |