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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wakatomika. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wakatomika to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wakatomika, please Contact Us.
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 Wakatomika (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 Wakatomika. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Wakatomika is historic, it would have been located within present day Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Wakatomika. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wakatomika:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Wakatomika)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Dresden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Trinway
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Cut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Shannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Frazeysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- North Zanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Nashport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wortley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Conesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Cooperdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- West Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Coshocton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Warsaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- New Guilford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Nellie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Canal Lewisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Plainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Metham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Walhonding
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Fairfield Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Lakeside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Birds Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Abledell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Oldham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Claysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Cambridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kimbolton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Spring Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Byesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clio ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Bluebell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Cumberland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Stillwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glenmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Charm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Millersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Bladensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Esto ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Martinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Pipesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Millwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Gann
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Buckeye City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gambier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Reform
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Hanover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Gratiot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Ben
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Long Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Former names for Long Run:
- Colville
- Oberlin
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Brownsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Deavertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Durant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Noble County
- Mount Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Mount Perry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Roseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chalfants
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crooksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Clover Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Somerset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thornville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carthon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Postboy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Newcomerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Bernice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Baltic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Port Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wakatomika, see our County-by-County Page for Wakatomika.
Cemeteries Near Wakatomika ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wakatomika.
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 Wakatomika - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wakatomika covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Dresden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dresden Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dresden.
- The Dresden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Veterans Memorial Garden
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #993031 <3>
- Covenanter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- George Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stanley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McGee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hoppers Grove Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shannon Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shannon Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Shannon
- The Shannon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363358 <3>
- Campbell's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sherrods Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (541 more) ...
- Salem Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stoner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Wakatomika in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wakatomika.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wakatomika, with the one closest to Wakatomika listed first.
- Dresden
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Trinway
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Cut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Adams Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Mills
- Ellis
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Wakatomika
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wakatomika is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakatomika
- Frazeysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Moscow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Moscow is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moscow
- Gilbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Cooperdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Adamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Willowbrook ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- East Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenwood is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwood
- Black Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wakatomika. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wakatomika.
Newspapers Published in Wakatomika ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wakatomika.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wakatomika, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wakatomika.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wakatomika:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coshocton County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wakatomika, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Wakatomika) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |