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 Welcome (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 Welcome. 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 hospitals and 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.
Welcome is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Stark, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Welcome. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Welcome:
- Holmes County (The home county of Welcome)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Killbuck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Miley Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Holmesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Charm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Loudonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jeromesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Rowsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Mifflin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Redhaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Polk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Layland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Nellie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Warsaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owls Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Town
- Walhonding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- New Bedford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chili
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- New Guilford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Guilford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Guilford
- Canal Lewisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Gann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Buckeye City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jelloway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Millwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Nunda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Esto ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Amity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Pipesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- North Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Frazeysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Newville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Butler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <1>
- Mansfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hanley Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Wilmot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beach City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brewster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- East Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- North Lawrence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Navarre Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Westarado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Baltic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Barrs Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Sugarcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Strasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Parral
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Newcomerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Shreve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Moreland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Fredericksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Funk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Apple Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wooster
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mount Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boys Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Devil Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- East Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Welcome, see our County-by-County Page for Welcome.
Cemeteries Near Welcome ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welcome.
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 Welcome - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Welcome covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Welcome Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Christy Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Monroe Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shrimplin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Finney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finney Cemetery
- The Finney Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paint Valley Cemetery
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
- The Oakhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Uhl Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhl Family Cemetery
- The Uhl Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uhl Cemetery
- Bucy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (656 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Oakhill Cemetery
- Gorrell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Welcome had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Paint Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Paint Valley is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Valley
- Killbuck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Stillwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Grade ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grade is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grade
- Holmesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Layland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Spring Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Mountain is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mountain
- Saltillo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Shreve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Blissfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blissfield is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissfield
- Helmick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Helmick is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Welcome. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welcome.
Newspapers Published in Welcome ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welcome.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welcome, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Welcome.
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 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 Welcome:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Welcome, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Welcome) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |