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 Walnut (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 Walnut. 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 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.
Walnut is located in Pickaway 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 Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Walnut. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walnut:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Walnut)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- East Ringgold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Ashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Duvall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- South Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Circleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Thacher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Tarlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Logan Elm Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Commercial Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Harlem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lithopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stoutsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Amanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Carroll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Pickerington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Cook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lockbourne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Groveport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Edward ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Obetz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Blacklick Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Edgewater Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Laurelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rockbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Apple
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- South Bloomingville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Kirkersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Pataskala
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Outville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Ash ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Buckeye Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beech ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Chrisman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Range
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Avalon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Thornville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carthon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glenford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Yellowbud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Adelphi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Andersonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Clarksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Riton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Austin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Frankfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Roxabell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Vinton County
- Stella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walnut, see our County-by-County Page for Walnut.
Cemeteries Near Walnut ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walnut.
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 Walnut - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walnut covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- East Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Reber Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ritter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peters - Tallman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters - Tallman Cemetery
- The Peters - Tallman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benjamin Tallman Cemetery
- Chester Peters Cemetery
- Tallman Cemetery
- Turkey Run Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run Cemetery
- The Dry Run Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flora D. Peters Farm Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marcy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hoover Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wagner Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (581 more) ...
- Amanda Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Royalton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brick 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Walnut had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walnut, with the one closest to Walnut listed first.
- East Ringgold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Cedar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Marcy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Royalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Royalton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Saint Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Ashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greencastle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Stoutsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Amanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Lithopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Duvall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- South Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Circleville
(8 miles [12.9 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 Walnut. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walnut.
Newspapers Published in Walnut ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walnut, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walnut.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Walnut:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Ross 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> | 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 Walnut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Walnut) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |