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 Summersville (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 Summersville. 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.
Summersville is located in Union 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 Union County: Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Logan, Madison & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Summersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Summersville:
- Union County (The home county of Summersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Raymond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Richwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pharisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Magnetic Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Dover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Milford Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Unionville Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New California
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Jerome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- North Lewisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Mingo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kingscreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mutual
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Urbana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Powhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Clark County
- Catawba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Kerr Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kerr Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Corner
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Pickerell's Mills ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pickerell's Mills is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerell's Mills
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Boke's Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Boke's Creek Settlement is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boke's Creek Settlement
- Boke's Creek Settlement has also been known as:
- Boke's Creek
- Radnor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Radnor is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Robertsburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Robertsburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Ostrander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Meredith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Lamb Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Dublin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Flint ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Hilliard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Olentangy ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olentangy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olentangy
- Riverlea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Shattucksburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shattucksburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattucksburg
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Mount Victory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Pfeiffer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pfeiffer is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Kenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Grant
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Roundhead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McVitty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McVitty is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVitty
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huntersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- McGuffey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McGuffey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- West Mansfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Middleburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marl City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Zanesfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Valley Hi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Bellefontaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Iron City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Belle Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Belle Center is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
- New Richland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Richland is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richland
- West Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Chuckery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Plain City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plumwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Gillivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Choctaw Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Prospect
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- La Rue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- Newmans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- New Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Green Camp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Gurley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gurley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Waldo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Morral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Caledonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Westfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Shawtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Cardington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Edison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Marseilles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Marseilles is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Harpster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wyandot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Kirby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Summersville, see our County-by-County Page for Summersville.
Cemeteries Near Summersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summersville.
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 Summersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Summersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Sommersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnson Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East York Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- York Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Broadway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maskill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baughn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (484 more) ...
- Byhalia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Southard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Summersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Summersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Summersville, with the one closest to Summersville listed first.
- Claiborne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Claiborne is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Broadway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Byhalia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Byhalia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byhalia
- Raymond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arbela
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arbela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbela
- Peoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Pharisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Richwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Mansfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Magnetic Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Woodland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- North Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Greenfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Liberty is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Pottersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pottersburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersburg
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Summersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summersville.
Newspapers Published in Summersville ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Summersville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Summersville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Summersville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Wyandot 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Summersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Summersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |