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 Tunnel Hill (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 Tunnel Hill. 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.
Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Tunnel Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tunnel Hill:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Tunnel Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- West Bedford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Cooperdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Mohawk Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Guilford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Walhonding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Conesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Coshocton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ashland County
- Loudonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Birds Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Abledell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Stillwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Glenmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Charm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Farmerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Miley Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holmesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Bladensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Millwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Pipesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Gann
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Martinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Buckeye City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gambier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Reform
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Hanover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Wilkins Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Trinway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Shannon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Black Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- Rock Cut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Nashport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- North Zanesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Mount Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Chalfants
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- Butler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Baltic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Postboy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Wolf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Bernice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Stone Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Port Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Shreve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tunnel Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Tunnel Hill.
Cemeteries Near Tunnel Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tunnel Hill.
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 Tunnel Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tunnel Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- Union Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Bedford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Bedford #2 Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Carlisle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tomika Regular Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Compton Cemetery
- Hamilton Valley Cemetery
- Presbyterian Cemetery
- Branch Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Methodist Church Cemetery
- The Branch Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Branch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Mikesell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Broomstick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (570 more) ...
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wilson Chapel 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tunnel Hill had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tunnel Hill, with the one closest to Tunnel Hill listed first.
- West Bedford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Cooperdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Wakatomika
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wakatomika is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakatomika
- Tyrone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tyrone is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- West Carlisle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Carlisle is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlisle
- Mohawk Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- New Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Moscow is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moscow
- Willowbrook ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Warsaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Guilford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Trinway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Adams Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Mills
- Metham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Walhonding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tunnel Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tunnel Hill.
Newspapers Published in Tunnel Hill ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tunnel Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tunnel Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tunnel Hill.
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 either 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 Tunnel Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Richland County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Tunnel Hill, 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' (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- Tunnel Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |