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 Sunshine Park (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 Sunshine Park. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Sunshine Park is located in Licking 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 Licking County: Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Muskingum & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Sunshine Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunshine Park:
- Licking County (The home county of Sunshine Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Outville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Beechwood Trails
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Kirkersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Pataskala
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ash ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Alexandria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Green ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Harlem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Vans Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- South Condit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Condit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
- Galena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Condit
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Lakeside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Baltimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pickerington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pleasantville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Blacklick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Reynoldsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Brice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Wonderland ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wonderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderland
- Blacklick Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Canal Winchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gahanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hocking County
- Rockbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Centerburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Milfordton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Five Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Hunt
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Martinsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bangs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Mount Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bladensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Mount Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gambier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Vails Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marengo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Nashport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Black Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Fultonham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Frazeysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Thornville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Avalon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Carthon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Rehoboth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Duvall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Saint Paul
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- East Ringgold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Ashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Commercial Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Matville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunshine Park, see our County-by-County Page for Sunshine Park.
Cemeteries Near Sunshine Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunshine Park.
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 Sunshine Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunshine Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- York Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pike Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Den Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moreland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pataskala Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Etna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Jacobs Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Luray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray Cemetery
- The Luray Cemetery has also been known as:
- Georges Chapel Cemetery
- Gaffield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wickliff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Refugee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (576 more) ...
- Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Licking Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Sunshine Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunshine Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunshine Park, with the one closest to Sunshine Park listed first.
- Outville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Kirkersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Pataskala
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ash ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Columbia Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Columbia Center is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Center
- Union Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Wagram
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wagram is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagram
- Alexandria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jersey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jersey is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey
- Millersport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunshine Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunshine Park.
Newspapers Published in Sunshine Park ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunshine Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunshine Park, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunshine Park.
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 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 Sunshine Park:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Licking County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Morrow County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway 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 Sunshine Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sunshine Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |