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 Vauces (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 Vauces. 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 doctors and 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.
Vauces is located in Ross 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 Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Vauces. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vauces:
- Ross County (The home county of Vauces)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Schooley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Deadman Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Massieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Chillicothe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Riton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Alma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- North Fork Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Summithill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Andersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Bourneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Stoutsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Amanda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Greenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sinking Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- New Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Apple
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomingville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rockbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Ray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Limerick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Glade
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Coalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Altoona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Wellston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pattonsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Banner ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Elmwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Huntsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Logan Elm Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Tarlton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thacher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Circleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Knollwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Williamsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- East Ringgold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- New Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Mount Sinai
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Bristol Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Peck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Glen Jean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Waverly City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greggs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Zahn's Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Piketon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Jasper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Lucasville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Purdy Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Minford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harrison Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- Rarden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Richland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Stella
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Hamden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- McArthur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oreton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Zaleski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ural ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Hope ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Arbaugh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vauces, see our County-by-County Page for Vauces.
Cemeteries Near Vauces ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vauces.
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 Vauces - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vauces covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Three Locks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Schooley Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Chillicothe.
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Concord Methodist Church Cemetery
- Sugar Tree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Claypool Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hudnell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Malone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Massieville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (672 more) ...
- Findley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Floral Hills Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
- The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery has also been known as:
- DeSale Cemetery
- Old Catholic Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Vauces in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vauces.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vauces, with the one closest to Vauces listed first.
- Three Locks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Three Locks is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Locks
- Schooley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Higby
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Higby is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
- Vigo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Vigo is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Antonis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Antonis is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonis
- Richmond Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Tucson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tucson is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson
- Chillicothe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Omega
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Omega is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Cox ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cox is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Hopetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hopetown is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopetown
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Denver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Slate Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Mills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vauces. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vauces.
Newspapers Published in Vauces ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vauces.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vauces, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vauces.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Vauces:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Vinton 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> | 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- Vauces) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Vauces, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |