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 Stoutsville (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 Stoutsville. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Stoutsville is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Stoutsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stoutsville:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Stoutsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Amanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Sugar Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pickerington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Cook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lockbourne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Groveport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Obetz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Edward ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Brice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Laurelville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Apple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Gibisonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Bloomingville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Furnace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Sand Run Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Jackson County
- Ray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Summit Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Pataskala
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buckeye Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Outville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Beechwood Trails
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Harbor Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Madison County
- Mount Sterling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Avalon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Thornville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- East Ringgold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Tarlton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thacher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Knollwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Circleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Elmwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Ashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Fox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- South Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Duvall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Adelphi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Clarksburg
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Deadman Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Schooley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Frankfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Austin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Stella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- McArthur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stoutsville, see our County-by-County Page for Stoutsville.
Cemeteries Near Stoutsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stoutsville.
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 Stoutsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stoutsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- Stoutsville Reform Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Neff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wolf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stout Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Paul UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spengler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Infirmary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dresbach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (602 more) ...
- Conrad Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conrad Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Amanda and Tarlton. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the south of Amanda.
- New Conrad Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Conrad Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stoutsville had a population of 282 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Stoutsville had a population of 566 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stoutsville, with the one closest to Stoutsville listed first.
- East Ringgold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Tarlton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drinkle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Drinkle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkle
- Amanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Circleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Stringtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Clearport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clearport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearport
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Whisler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whisler is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisler
- Royalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elmwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Hamburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stoutsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stoutsville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stoutsville ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stoutsville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stoutsville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stoutsville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stoutsville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Stoutsville.
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 Stoutsville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Amanda and Tarlton. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Stoutsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Stoutsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |