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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Stringtown is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
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:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Stringtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Gilbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Rock Cut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- North Zanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Shannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Wortley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Dresden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Trinway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frazeysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Zanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Conesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Cooperdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Coshocton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Guilford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Mohawk Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Nellie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Lafayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Rushville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Millersport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Claysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Abledell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Birds Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Cambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Kimbolton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Holmes County
- Stillwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Bladensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Martinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Pipesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Millwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Gratiot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Hanover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Reform
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Brownsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Ben
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Deavertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Malta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McConnelsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morganville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Neelysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Reinersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Mount Zion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Hoskinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Olive Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Belle Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Mount Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chalfants
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Rehoboth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Postboy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Wolf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
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.
- Garnger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sherrods Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baxter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Boxter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Campbell's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prosser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Black Log Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Washington Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beatty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muskingum Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (536 more) ...
- Mattingly Settlement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tunis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sidle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.
- Gilbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Ellis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Rock Cut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Dillon Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dillon Falls is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon Falls
- West Zanesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Zanesville
- East Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Greenwood is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwood
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Zanesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Sonora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Dresden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Putnam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Putnam is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Trinway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South Zanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
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 43 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 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stringtown.
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 Stringtown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas 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 Stringtown, 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 from Point A (ie- Stringtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |