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 Unionville Center (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 Unionville Center. 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.
Name Variations for Unionville Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Unionville Center: Unionville Ctr. (or less commonly used: Unionville Cen., Unionville Cent. or Unionville Cntr.)
You might see Unionville Centre instead of Unionville Center.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Unionville Center is located in Union 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 Union County: Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Logan, Madison & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Unionville Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Unionville Center:
- Union County (The home county of Unionville Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- New California
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Milford Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Jerome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Pharisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Magnetic Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Raymond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Richwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- North Lewisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mutual
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Powhattan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Kingscreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Westville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Millerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Catawba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- South Vienna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Moorefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Moorefield is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moorefield
- Lisbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Northridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Oakwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Village
- Villa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Villa is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa
- Greenlawn Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
- South Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owl Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Owl Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Town
- Tremont City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Kenwood Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Ostrander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Scioto Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Scioto Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Village
- Shawnee Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cutlers Corners ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cutlers Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Corners
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Bellepoint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellepoint is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Bellepoint has also been known as:
- Belle Poine
- Bell Point
- Loveless Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loveless Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Corners
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Lamb Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lamb Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Corners
- Amlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amlin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amlin
- Dublin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sandy Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Corners
- Hilliard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Darby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Alton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Olentangy ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Olentangy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olentangy
- Shattucksburg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shattucksburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattucksburg
- Highway ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
- Lincoln Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- New Rome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Ridgeway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Mount Victory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Middleburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- West Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Zanesfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Marl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marl City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marl City
- Rushsylvania
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Chuckery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Plain City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Amity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plumwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Gillivan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Choctaw Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Summerford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- London
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chrisman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Prospect
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newmans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Waldo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Camp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Green Camp is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- La Rue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- La Rue is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
- New Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Bloomington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bloomington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Orient
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Commercial Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Unionville Center, see our County-by-County Page for Unionville Center.
Cemeteries Near Unionville Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Unionville Center.
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 Unionville Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Unionville Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Old Darby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Darby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Darby Cemetery
- The New Darby Cemetery has also been known as:
- Darby Cemetery
- Darby Twp. Cemetery
- Unionville Cemetery
- Unionville Center Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- United Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bigelow Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Converse - Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coverse - Huff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverse - Huff Cemetery
- The Coverse - Huff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cannan Amish Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Huff Cemetery
- Darby Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (480 more) ...
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Finch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Unionville Center had a population of 261 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Unionville Center had a population of 229 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Unionville Center, with the one closest to Unionville Center listed first.
- Plain City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New California
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Milford Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Resaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Resaca is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Rosedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Watkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- New Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Irwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Irwin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Jerome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Gillivan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Dublin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ostrander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Hilliard
(11 miles [17.7 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 Unionville Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Unionville Center.
Newspapers Published in Unionville Center ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Unionville Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Unionville Center, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Unionville Center.
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 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 Unionville Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hardin County
- Knox County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow 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> | 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 Unionville Center, 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- Unionville Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |