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 Urbancrest (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 Urbancrest. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Urbancrest is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Urbancrest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Urbancrest:
- Franklin County (The home county of Urbancrest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Sullivant ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sullivant is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivant
- Sullivant has also been known as:
- Sullivants
- Briggsdale ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Briggsdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsdale
- Grove City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deems ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deems is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deems
- Grove City Country Club
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Valleyview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Valleyview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Lincoln Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- New Rome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Pleasant Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Galloway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Mechanicsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- South Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Catawba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Lisbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Powell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Africa ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hills Grove is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Lewis Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty Church ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty Church is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Church
- Liberty Church has also been known as:
- Union
- Rathbone ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rathbone is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbone
- Scioto Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scioto Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Village
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Lithopolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pickerington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Cedar Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Carroll
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stoutsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Amanda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Millersport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Thurston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Cook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Yatesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bloomingburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Summit Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Pataskala
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Trails
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Ash ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Kirkersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Outville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Green ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Johnstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alexandria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Amity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Gillivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Mount Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chrisman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Plain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plumwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- London
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chuckery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Choctaw Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Orient
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Commercial Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Matville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Duvall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Darbyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- South Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ashville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Pherson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Fox
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Grange Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- East Ringgold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Clarksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Yellowbud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Unionville Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Milford Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Marysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Urbancrest, see our County-by-County Page for Urbancrest.
Cemeteries Near Urbancrest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Urbancrest.
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 Urbancrest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Urbancrest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Grove City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Peters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clime Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Chase Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gundy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Columbus.
- The Green Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109024 <2>
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (498 more) ...
- Feebleminded Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Insane & Penal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Insane 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>
While we didn't find Urbancrest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Urbancrest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Urbancrest, with the one closest to Urbancrest listed first.
- Sullivant ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sullivant is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivant
- Sullivant has also been known as:
- Sullivants
- Grove City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Briggsdale ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Briggsdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsdale
- Camp Chase ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Camp Chase is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Chase
- Pleasant Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Galloway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marble Cliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
- Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Shadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shadeville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orient
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Reese
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reese is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Georgesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Georgesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Urbancrest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Urbancrest.
Newspapers Published in Urbancrest ...
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 356 newspapers that have been published in the area around Urbancrest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Urbancrest, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Urbancrest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Urbancrest:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Union 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 Urbancrest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Urbancrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |