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 Thurston (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 Thurston. 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.
Thurston is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Thurston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thurston:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Thurston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Pleasantville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millersport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Fairfield Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- West Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Pickerington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Green ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Harlem
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- South Condit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Condit is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Condit
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blacklick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Blacklick Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Groveport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Havens Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Edgewater Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Truro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Whitehall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Rockbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Laurelville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Union Furnace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Carbon Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- South Bloomingville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Kirkersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Buckeye Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Etna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Outville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Union Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Pataskala
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Beechwood Trails
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Morgan County
- Deavertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Fultonham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Nashport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Darlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- South Zanesville
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Buckeye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cannelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Frazeysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- North Zanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Thornville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Glenford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carthon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Chalfants
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Somerset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Junction City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Perry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Rehoboth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Crooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- East Ringgold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Duvall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Tarlton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Knollwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- South Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Circleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Fox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Logan Elm Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Commercial Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ross County
- Adelphi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thurston, see our County-by-County Page for Thurston.
Cemeteries Near Thurston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thurston.
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 Thurston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thurston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Old School Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McNamee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heistand Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hampson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Geiger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Geohegan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (616 more) ...
- Tschopp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Thurston had a population of 213 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Thurston had a population of 607 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thurston, with the one closest to Thurston listed first.
- Pleasantville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Salem is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Millersport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baltimore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dumontville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dumontville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumontville
- Lakeside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Kirkersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- West Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Thornville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harley is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
- Carroll
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hooker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Rushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thurston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thurston.
Newspapers Published in Thurston ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thurston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thurston, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thurston.
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 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 Thurston:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross 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> | 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 Thurston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Thurston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |