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 West Rushville (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 West Rushville. 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.
Name Variations for West Rushville ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Rushville: W. Rushville
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
West Rushville is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near West Rushville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Rushville:
- Fairfield County (The home county of West Rushville)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Rushville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Fairfield Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Baltimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millersport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Carroll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Hartleyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Bessemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Nelsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Glouster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Truetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Chauncey
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Groveport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blacklick Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Blacklick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Hibernia ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hibernia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Truro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Truro is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Walnut is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Bright ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Rockbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Gibisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Sand Run Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Union Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Carbon Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- New Pittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Candy Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- New Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Buckeye Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gratiot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Outville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Central City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Deavertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Morganville
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Durant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Eagleport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Fultonham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Cannelville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- South Zanesville
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Nashport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zanesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- North Zanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Wortley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wortley is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortley
- Blue Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Philo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Avalon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carthon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thornville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glenford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- New Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Redfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Mount Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Clover Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Tarlton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Saint Paul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Knollwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Thacher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Ashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duvall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Circleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- South Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Ross County
- Adelphi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- Stella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Rushville, see our County-by-County Page for West Rushville.
Cemeteries Near West Rushville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Rushville.
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 West Rushville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Rushville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- West Rushville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rushville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ruffner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Combs Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Mathews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Driver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (627 more) ...
- Custard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Oakthorpe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Oakthorpe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 West Rushville had a population of 195 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, West Rushville had a population of 144 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Rushville, with the one closest to West Rushville listed first.
- Rushville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Colfax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Avalon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- North Berne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Berne is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Berne
- New Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Carthon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Crossenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crossenville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossenville
- Wellan ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wellan is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellan
- Ziontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ziontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ziontown
- Thurston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Joe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Junction City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Rushville. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Rushville.
Newspapers Published in West Rushville ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Rushville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Rushville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Rushville.
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 West Rushville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Delaware County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Pickaway 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> | 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 West Rushville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- West Rushville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |