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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 Vails Corners (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 Vails Corners. 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 Vails Corners ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Vails Corners: Vails Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Vails Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Vails Corners may originally have been Vail's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Vails Corners might be written as Vail Corners.

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.

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 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.

Vails Corners is located in Morrow County.

To see how the shape of Ohio's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morrow County: Crawford, Delaware, Knox, Marion & Richland.

Below are the counties that are near Vails Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vails Corners:

  • Morrow County     (The home county of Vails Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.
    • Bloomfield
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sparta
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <4>
    • Marengo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
      • Marengo is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marengo <4>
    • Fulton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Liberty
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Chesterville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
      • Chesterville is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterville <4>
    • Cardington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cardington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardington
      • Cardington is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cardington <4>
    • Westfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Gilead
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
      • Mount Gilead is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Gilead <4>
    • Shawtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Edison
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
      • Edison is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edison <4>
    • West Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • West Point is located in Morrow County
    • Iberia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Ashland County
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.
    • Galion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Crestline
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Leesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
      • Leesville is located in Crawford County
    • North Robinson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Robinson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
      • North Robinson is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
  • Delaware County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.
    • Westerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
      • Westerville is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <4>
    • Central College ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • New Albany
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
      • New Albany is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
    • Pinhook ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinhook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
      • Pinhook is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pinhook
      • From Vails Corners to Pinhook
    • Huber Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
      • Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
    • Gould Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Oakland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Blendon Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blendon Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
      • Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
      • Blendon Corner has also been known as:
      • Blendon Four Corners
      • Blendon
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Blendon Corner
      • From Vails Corners to Blendon Corner
    • Flint ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flint. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
      • Flint is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Flint
      • From Vails Corners to Flint
    • Minerva Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
      • Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
    • Gahanna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
      • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <4>
    • Worthington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worthington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
      • Worthington is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,760 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Worthington <4>
    • Havens Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.
    • Centerburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerburg
      • Centerburg is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,231 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerburg <4>
    • Mount Liberty
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Milfordton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lucerne ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucerne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
      • Lucerne is located in Knox County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lucerne
      • From Vails Corners to Lucerne
    • Bangs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Green Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dorema
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dorema. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
      • Dorema is located in Knox County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dorema
      • From Vails Corners to Dorema
    • Houcks ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Houcks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
      • Houcks is located in Knox County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Houcks
      • From Vails Corners to Houcks
    • Batemantown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fredericktown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericktown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericktown
      • Fredericktown is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericktown <4>
    • Mount Vernon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Fleaville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleaville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
      • Fleaville is located in Knox County
      • Fleaville has also been known as:
      • Fleaville City
  • Licking County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.
    • Hartford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
      • Lock is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lock
      • From Vails Corners to Lock
    • Green ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
      • Green is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Green
      • From Vails Corners to Green
    • Johnstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cokesbury ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Highwater
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New Way ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Way. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
      • New Way is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Way
      • From Vails Corners to New Way
    • Utica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Beech ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beech. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
      • Beech is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Beech
      • From Vails Corners to Beech
    • Alexandria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ash ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ash. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Ash is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ash
      • From Vails Corners to Ash
    • Chatham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chatham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
      • Chatham is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Chatham
      • From Vails Corners to Chatham
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.
    • Waldo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Caledonia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
      • Caledonia is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caledonia <4>
    • Martel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Prospect
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Prospect is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <4>
    • Newmans
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Marion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Camp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Camp
      • Green Camp is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
    • Ruth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
      • Ruth is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ruth
      • From Vails Corners to Ruth
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.
    • Bellville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lexington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lexington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
      • Lexington is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,695 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <4>
    • Butler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <4>
    • Hanley Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
      • Hanley Village is located in Richland County
    • Newville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Alta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Maybee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Ontario
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Ontario is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <4>
    • Lucas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mansfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Union County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vails Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Vails Corners.

Cemeteries Near Vails Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vails Corners.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vails Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.

  • Bloomfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kenney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kenney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kenney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Davy's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rich Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rich Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rich Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pagetown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pagetown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pagetown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fargo Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fargo Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fargo Methodist Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Liberty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Biggs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biggs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Biggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kile Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kile Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lineweaver Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lineweaver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lineweaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Red Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (494 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Marengo Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marengo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marengo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • North Fargo Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Fargo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Fargo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Vails Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vails Corners.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Vails Corners, with the one closest to Vails Corners listed first.

  • Peerless ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peerless. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
    • Peerless is located in Delaware County
    • Peerless has also been known as:
    • Peerless Station
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Peerless
    • From Vails Corners to Peerless
  • Bloomfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Rich Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
    • Rich Hill is located in Knox County
  • Sparta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Sparta is located in Morrow County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <4>
  • Marengo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Marengo is located in Morrow County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marengo <4>
  • Pagetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pagetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagetown
    • Pagetown is located in Morrow County
  • Centerburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerburg
    • Centerburg is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerburg <4>
  • Mount Liberty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kingston Center ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Condit
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fulton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Milfordton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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    • Chesterville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
      • Chesterville is located in Morrow County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterville <4>
    • Croton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
      • Croton is located in Licking County
    • Lock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
      • Lock is located in Licking County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lock
      • From Vails Corners to Lock

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vails Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vails Corners.

Newspapers Published in Vails Corners ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vails Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vails Corners, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vails Corners.

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 Vails Corners:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vails Corners. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Vails Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Vails Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vails Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3650, Longitude: -82.7538    









 

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