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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Thornton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Thornton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thornton, please Contact Us.
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 Thornton (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 Thornton. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Thornton is historic, it would have been located within present day Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Thornton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thornton:
- Ross County (The home county of Thornton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- South Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Fruitdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Frankfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roxabell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Lattaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Musselman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Bainbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bourneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Clarksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Louden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Locust Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- May Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Memphis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Sabina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Vienna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Morrisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Port William
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Martinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County
- Stoutsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Washington Court House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hagler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Cook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Yatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Octa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Franklin County
- Harrisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Bowersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Shawnee Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- New Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Bridges
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Leesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Turkey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Hillsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Sinking Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Berrysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Range
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- South Solon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chrisman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- New Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pherson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Elmwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Darbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Logan Elm Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Fox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Circleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Knollwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Matville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- South Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Cynthiana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Newfain
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Poplar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Waverly City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Glen Jean
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Jasper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Piketon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thornton, see our County-by-County Page for Thornton.
Cemeteries Near Thornton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thornton.
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 Thornton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thornton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- DePoy - Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DePoy - Wright Cemetery
- The DePoy - Wright Cemetery has also been known as:
- DePoy Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
- Waugh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh Cemetery
- The Waugh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Stuckey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Satchel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satchel Cemetery
- The Satchel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Satchell Cemetery
- South Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Cemetery
- The Dean Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- The Harper Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tinkling Spring Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rogers McElwain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (588 more) ...
- Old Stone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Day Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope 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.
While we didn't find Thornton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thornton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thornton, with the one closest to Thornton listed first.
- Lyndon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lyndon is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- South Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Ghormley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ghormley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thrifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thrifton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifton
- Good Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Fruitdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- McLean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McLean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
- Lattaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Roxabell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Frankfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Martinsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Martinsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thornton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thornton.
Newspapers Published in Thornton ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thornton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thornton, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thornton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Thornton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Clinton County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Thornton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Thornton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |