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 Tuscarawas (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 Tuscarawas. 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.
Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Tuscarawas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tuscarawas:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Tuscarawas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Uhrichsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Gnadenhutten
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Midvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Barnhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Old Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Roswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- New Philadelphia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gilmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Holloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Flushing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Lafferty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Morristown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Oco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Bannock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Leesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Carrollton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Hibbetts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Malvern
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- East Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Chili
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- New Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Lafayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plainfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Conesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Layland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Londonderry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Odell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Antrim
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Kimbolton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Winterset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Birds Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Brady ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Middlebourne
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Easton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Elizabethtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Feed Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Bowerston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Deersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Conotton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Freeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Cassville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Jewett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Farmerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Amsterdam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Waynesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Sherman Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Navarre
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Industry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Justus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Brewster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Wayne County
- Mount Eaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tuscarawas, see our County-by-County Page for Tuscarawas.
Cemeteries Near Tuscarawas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tuscarawas.
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 Tuscarawas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tuscarawas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- St. James Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sharon Moravian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Schweitzer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frys Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gnadenhutten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dutch Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newport Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (670 more) ...
- Mud Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tuscarawas had a population of 391 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tuscarawas had a population of 1,044 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tuscarawas, with the one closest to Tuscarawas listed first.
- Gnadenhutten
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Uhrichsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lock Seventeen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
- Newport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Dennison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Midvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Goshen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Barnhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Rush
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rush is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Port Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gilmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- New Philadelphia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Yorktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tuscarawas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tuscarawas.
Newspapers Published in Tuscarawas ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tuscarawas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tuscarawas, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tuscarawas.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Tuscarawas:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Stark 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 Tuscarawas, 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- Tuscarawas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |