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 Westerville Estates (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 Westerville Estates. 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 Westerville Estates ...
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 Westerville Estates: Westerville Ests.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Westerville Estates is located in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Franklin, Knox, Licking, Marion, Morrow & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Westerville Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westerville Estates:
- Delaware County (The home county of Westerville Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Harlem
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Center Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Green ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Galena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Big Walnut ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Walnut is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Walnut
- Sunbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Africa ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Rome ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Rome has also been known as:
- Rome Corners
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Pickerington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lithopolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baltimore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Thurston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Central College ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- New Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Westerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gould Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Huber Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Blendon Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blendon Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Corner
- Blendon Corner has also been known as:
- Blendon Four Corners
- Blendon
- Minerva Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Havens Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Havens Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corners
- Gahanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Flint ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milfordton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Five Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Mount Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bangs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Hunt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Green Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Dorema
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Mount Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville has also been known as:
- Fleaville City
- Martinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Green ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Beech ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Ash ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Summit Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Beechwood Trails
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Pataskala
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Way ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Etna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Amity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plain City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Gillivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chuckery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Waldo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newmans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newmans is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Vails Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- West Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Liberty is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sparta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Westfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Cardington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chesterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shawtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Edison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perry County
- Thornville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Duvall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Commercial Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orient
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Matville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- South Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- New Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Unionville Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Magnetic Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Pharisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westerville Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Westerville Estates.
Cemeteries Near Westerville Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westerville Estates.
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 Westerville Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westerville Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fancher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harlem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wagner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Albany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burnside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wickhieser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (506 more) ...
- Hunt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tussic Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tussig Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Westerville Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westerville Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westerville Estates, with the one closest to Westerville Estates listed first.
- Harlem
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Center Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Central College ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- New Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Albany is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
- Westerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Ovid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ovid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Galena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vans Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Africa ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Africa has also been known as:
- East Orange
- Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gahanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jersey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jersey is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jersey
- Johnstown
(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 Westerville Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westerville Estates.
Newspapers Published in Westerville Estates ...
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 327 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westerville Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westerville Estates, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westerville Estates.
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 Westerville Estates:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Delaware County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Union 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 Westerville Estates, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westerville Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |