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 Stringtown (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 Stringtown. 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 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.
Stringtown is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County : Butler , Clark , Darke , Greene , Miami , Preble & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Stringtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stringtown:
Montgomery County (The home county of Stringtown)
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Trotwood (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Northview (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Northview is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview Post Town (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Post Town is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town Airhill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Airhill is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Clayton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Englewood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Fort McKinley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley Stillwater Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stillwater Junction is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Junction Shiloh (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Shiloh is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Deerpark Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village Union (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Drexel (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Drexel is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel Brookville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Butler County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Poast Town Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights Poast Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Poast Town is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Astoria (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Astoria is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria Middletown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Jacksonburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Jacksonburg is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Miltonville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Miltonville is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltonville South Middletown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
South Middletown is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown Trenton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Somerville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Monroe (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Seven Mile (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Seven Mile is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
Rockdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Rockdale is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Overpeck (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Overpeck is located in Butler County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overpeck Champaign County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Christiansburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Saint Paris (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Clark County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Crystal Lakes (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes Park Layne (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Park Layne is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne New Carlisle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Holiday Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Holiday Valley is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley Green Meadows (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Green Meadows is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows Donnelsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Donnelsville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
Enon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Dodo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Dodo is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo Limestone City (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Limestone City is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City North Hampton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
North Hampton is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
Dialton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Dialton is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton Lawrenceville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Lawrenceville is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Green Hedges (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Green Hedges is located in Clark County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges Clinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
New Burlington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
New Burlington is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington North Kingman (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
North Kingman is located in Clinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman Darke County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Gordon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Gordon is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Pitsburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Ithaca (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Ithaca is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
Arcanum (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Castine (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Castine is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
Abbottsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Abbottsville is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville Poplar Ridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge Savona (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Savona is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona Gettysburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Gettysburg is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
Fort Jefferson (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson New Madison (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Wayne Lakes (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
Wayne Lakes Park Greenville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Beavercreek (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fairborn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Bellbrook (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Trebein (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Trebein is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein Trebein has also been known as:
Beaver Station Beaver Frost Station Pickeneyville Pinckneyvile Pinewood Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Pinewood Village is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village Spring Valley (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Roxanna (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Roxanna is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna Xenia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Wilberforce (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Clifton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Cedarville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
New Jasper (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
New Jasper is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper Miami County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Garland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Garland is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Ginghamsburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg West Milton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Kessler (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Kessler is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Potsdam (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Potsdam is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potsdam Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
Ludlow Falls (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
Tipp City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Laura (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Pleasant Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Troy (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Alcony (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Alcony is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony Casstown (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Covington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Preble County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Verona (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Ingomar (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Ingomar is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar West Alexandria (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Euphemia (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Euphemia is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia Lewisburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Gratis (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Eaton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
West Manchester (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
West Elkton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Eldorado (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Eldorado is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Camden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lake Lakengren (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren New Hope (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
New Hope is located in Preble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Riverside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Lockington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Lockington is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
Russia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Dawson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Dawson is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Franklin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Five Points (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Five Points is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points Springboro (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Kenricksville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Kenricksville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville Hunter (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Hunter is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Red Lion (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Red Lion is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Corwin (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Waynesville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Greentree Corners (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Greentree Corners is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners Lebanon (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Harveysburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Harveysburg is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
Shadow Lake Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Shadow Lake Village is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lake Village Hageman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Hageman is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman Williams County
Franklin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Franklin is located in Williams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Union County (IN)
Goodwins Corner (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Goodwins Corner is located in Union County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Corner Wayne County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Whitewater (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
Boston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Chester (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Chester is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Richmond (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Spring Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stringtown, see our County-by-County Page for Stringtown .
Cemeteries Near Stringtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stringtown.
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 Stringtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stringtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Cedar Hill Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lower Stillwater Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Stillwater Cemetery The Lower Stillwater Cemetery has also been known as:
Dunker Church Cemetery Old German Baptist Cemetery Old Order Cemetery Salem Bend Brethren Cemetery Ehrstine Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Happy Corner Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Frantz Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Pleasant Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
McNelly Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hay Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Turner Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Ft. McKinley Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Shiloh Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Concord Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (522 more) ...
Fairview Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Arnold Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bear Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Stringtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stringtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
Trotwood (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Taylorsburg (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Taylorsburg is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsburg Kinsey (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Kinsey is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey Airhill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Airhill is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill Amity (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Amity is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Clayton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Stillwater Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stillwater Junction is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Junction Spanker (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Spanker is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanker Little York (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Little York is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York Union (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Brookville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
New Lebanon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (13 more) ...
Liberty (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Johnsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Johnsville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville County Line ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
County Line is located in Miami County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stringtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stringtown .
Newspapers Published in Stringtown ...
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 249 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stringtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stringtown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Stringtown.
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 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 Stringtown:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Montgomery County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Butler County Champaign County Clark County Clinton County Darke County Greene County Miami County Preble County Shelby County Warren County Williams County Union County Wayne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stringtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Montgomery County: https://www.mcohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Stringtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Stringtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.