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 Sunnyland (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 Sunnyland. 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.
Sunnyland is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Champaign, Greene, Madison, Miami & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Sunnyland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunnyland:
- Clark County (The home county of Sunnyland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Limestone City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Springfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hedges
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Kenwood Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Shawnee Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- Greenlawn Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- Eagle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Oakwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Enon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Donnelsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Villa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Powhattan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Urbana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Christiansburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mutual
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Millerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Kingscreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Mechanicsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Mingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- North Lewisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- New Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Port William
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- North Kingman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Octa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Hagler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairborn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilberforce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Xenia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grape Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Trebein
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Beavercreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Jasper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- West Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- De Graff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Quincy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Logansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Middleburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- South Solon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Choctaw Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Summerford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Plumwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Chrisman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Range
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Gillivan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chuckery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Alcony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Casstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lena
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Ginghamsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Tipp City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Conover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Fletcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kessler
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- West Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Sulphur Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Huber Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Northridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shiloh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Deerpark Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Deerpark Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark Village
- Fort McKinley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fort McKinley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McKinley
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Lockington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Pasco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Union County
- Milford Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Corwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kenricksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunnyland, see our County-by-County Page for Sunnyland.
Cemeteries Near Sunnyland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnyland.
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 Sunnyland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunnyland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Masonic Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ohio Masonic Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Emery Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Columbia Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Callison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenmount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Raphaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Bernard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43077 <2>
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (541 more) ...
- Enon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Childrens Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Sunnyland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunnyland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunnyland, with the one closest to Sunnyland listed first.
- Beatty
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beatty is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Springfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Durbin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Durbin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Hustead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hustead is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustead
- Lagonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lagonda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagonda
- Mad River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mad River is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mad River
- Enon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Hennessey ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hennessey is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
- Eagle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Donnelsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Pitchin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pitchin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Villa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Yellow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 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 Sunnyland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunnyland.
Newspapers Published in Sunnyland ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnyland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnyland, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnyland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Sunnyland:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Union County
- Warren 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 Sunnyland, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sunnyland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |