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 Webb Summit (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 Webb Summit. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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 west 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.
Webb Summit is located in Hocking 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 Hocking County : Athens , Fairfield , Perry , Pickaway , Ross & Vinton .
Below are the counties that are near Webb Summit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Webb Summit:
Hocking County (The home county of Webb Summit)
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Logan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
West Logan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
West Logan is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan Sand Run Junction (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction Union Furnace (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Union Furnace is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace Carbon Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill Sand Run (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Sand Run is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Rockbridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Candy Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Candy Town is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town New Pittsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg Jobs (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Jobs is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Murray City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
New Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
New Town is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Gibisonville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Gibisonville is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville Athens County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Nelsonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Bessemer (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Bessemer is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer Buchtel (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Buchtel is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
Hartleyville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Hartleyville is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville Glouster (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Carbondale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Carbondale is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale Greens Run (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Greens Run is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run Jacksonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Jacksonville is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
Trimble (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Truetown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Truetown is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown Chauncey (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Chauncey is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
King's Station ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
King's Station is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station King's Station has also been known as:
King Hollow King's Hollow King's Switch Liars Corner ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Liars Corner is located in Athens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner Fairfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Sugar Grove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rushville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
West Rushville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
West Rushville is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
Lancaster (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Tarhe Town ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town Revenge ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Revenge is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge Pleasantville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Delmont ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Delmont is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont Thurston (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Thurston is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
Amanda (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Baltimore (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Fairfield Beach (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach Carroll (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Franklin County
Canal Winchester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Licking County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Reservoir ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Reservoir is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Buckeye Lake (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Harbor Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Harbor Hills is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills Brownsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Atherton ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Atherton is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton Gratiot (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Gratiot is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
Hebron (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Moscow ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Moscow is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Little Claylick ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Little Claylick is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick Kirkersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Kirkersville is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
Heath (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Etna (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Outville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Outville is located in Licking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville Meigs County
Point Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Point Rock is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Deavertown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Deavertown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown Morganville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Morganville is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville Morganville has also been known as:
Morgan Wolf Creek Elliott Crossroads (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads Wrightstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Wrightstown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown Joy (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Joy is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Westland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Westland is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland Eagleport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Eagleport is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport Malta (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Durant (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Durant is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant Chesterhill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
McConnelsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Todds (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Todds is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Stockport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Muskingum County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Fultonham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Fultonham is located in Muskingum County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
Cannelville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Cannelville is located in Muskingum County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville Darlington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Darlington is located in Muskingum County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Buckeye (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Buckeye is located in Muskingum County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye South Zanesville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
Blue Rock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Philo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Zanesville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
New Straitsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Shawnee (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Junction City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ludington (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Ludington is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington Avalon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Avalon is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon Hemlock (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hemlock is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
Carthon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Carthon is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon Congo (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Congo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Drakes (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Drakes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes New Lexington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Corning (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rendville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rendville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
Rehoboth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Rehoboth is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Pickaway County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Huntsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Huntsville is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville Tarlton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
East Ringgold (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold Thacher (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Thacher is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher Thacher has also been known as:
Livington Thatcher Corners Knollwood Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village Circleville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Elmwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Elmwood is located in Pickaway County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Ross County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Adelphi (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Kingston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Vinton County
The following are listed by their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Hope ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hope is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Moonville ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Moonville is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville Stella (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Stella is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella Zaleski (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Ural ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Ural is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural McArthur (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Dundas (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Dundas is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas Arbaugh (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Arbaugh is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh Vales Mills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Vales Mills is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills Oreton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Oreton is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton Hamden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Richland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Richland is located in Vinton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Webb Summit, see our County-by-County Page for Webb Summit .
Cemeteries Near Webb Summit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Webb Summit.
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 Webb Summit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Webb Summit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> Logan . The Rhodes & Huddle Cemetery has also been known as:
Huddle Cemetery Rhodes Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42885 <3>
Webb's Chapel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Fellowship United Methodist Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brethren Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brethren Church Cemetery The Brethren Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Brethren Cemetery Dunkard Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Oak Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Harmony Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Old Logan Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Otterbein Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Gore Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mt. Tabor Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Continue List (667 more) ...
Evangelical Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> Logan . The Pleasant Hill UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
Evangelical Church Cemetery Pleasant Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157765 <3>
Green Twp. Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Webb Summit had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Webb Summit, with the one closest to Webb Summit listed first.
Maxville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Maxville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville Gore (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Gore is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore Logan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Joe ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Joe is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Greendale (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Greendale is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale Enterprise (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Enterprise is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise New Straitsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Crossenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Crossenville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossenville Haydenville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Haydenville is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenville Sand Run Junction (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction McCuneville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
McCuneville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCuneville Dicksonton ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Dicksonton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonton Continue List (18 more) ...
Ewing (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Ewing is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Union Furnace (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Union Furnace is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace Carbon Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Webb Summit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Webb Summit .
Newspapers Published in Webb Summit ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Webb Summit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Webb Summit, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Webb Summit.
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 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 Webb Summit:
Websites specific to Ohio Pages specific to Hocking County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Athens County Fairfield County Franklin County Licking County Meigs County Morgan County Muskingum County Perry County Pickaway County Ross County Vinton County Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Webb Summit. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Webb Summit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Webb Summit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.