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 Thornville (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 Thornville. 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 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.
Thornville is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Thornville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thornville:
- Perry County (The home county of Thornville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Glenford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chalfants
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Rehoboth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Athens County
- Hartleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Cooperdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- New Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- West Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Green ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Center Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Harlem
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thurston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Baltimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Pickerington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Blacklick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Blacklick Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- New Albany
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Edgewater Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Groveport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Truro ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Rockbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Sand Run Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Gibisonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- New Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Jobs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Martinsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bladensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hunt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Five Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Harbor Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckeye Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Union Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Kirkersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Deavertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Fultonham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Nashport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
- Zanesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shannon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Buckeye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cannelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- North Zanesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Frazeysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wortley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- East Ringgold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Ashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Tarlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duvall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thornville, see our County-by-County Page for Thornville.
Cemeteries Near Thornville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thornville.
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 Thornville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thornville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Kemper Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Methodist Churchyard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lutheran Reformed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Regular Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zion Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crists Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woolard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (609 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Thornville had a population of 400 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Thornville had a population of 1,007 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thornville, with the one closest to Thornville listed first.
- Thornport
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thornport is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornport
- Ziontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
- New Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Yost
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yost is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Jacksontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Glenford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Linnville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Linnville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnville
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Glass Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glass Rock is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Rock
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millersport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Thurston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Chalfants
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Pleasantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thornville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thornville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Thornville ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thornville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Thornville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Thornville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Thornville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Thornville.
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 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 Thornville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum 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 Thornville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thornville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |