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 (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. 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 southeast 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 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.
Westerville is primarily located in Franklin County. A portion of Westerville extends into 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 Franklin County: Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Westerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westerville:
- Franklin County (The home county of Westerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Huber Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huber Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Ridge
- Central College ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Blendon Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Minerva Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Gould Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gould Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Park
- Flint ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Worthington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Riverlea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverlea is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverlea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Gahanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evanston ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evanston is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanston
- Evanston has also been known as:
- North Broadway
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Victory Camp ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Victory Camp is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Camp
- Harlem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Africa ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Orange Station ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Station is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Station
- Stewards Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stewards Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Corners
- Center Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Williamsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lewis Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rust Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rust Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rust Corners
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Pickerington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lithopolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Thurston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- 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
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Houcks ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Houcks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houcks
- Centerburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Milfordton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Mount Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Bangs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Green Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Hunt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Dorema
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Beech ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beech is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Green ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Summit Station
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Ash ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Hartford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Beechwood Trails
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Pataskala
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alexandria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Etna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Way ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Plain City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Chuckery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Plumwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Waldo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prospect
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newmans
(28 miles [45.1 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, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- 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
- Vails Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vails Corners is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Corners
- Marengo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Westfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Sparta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shawtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shawtown is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawtown
- Cardington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chesterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Duvall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Commercial Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Orient
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Matville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- 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
- Ashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- South Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 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, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- New California
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- New Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Unionville Center
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 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
- Marysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pharisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Milford Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Richwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westerville, see our County-by-County Page for Westerville.
Cemeteries Near Westerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westerville.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Otterbein Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Olde Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Northlawn Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Central Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tussig Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tussic Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Red Bank Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Fancher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harlem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Copeland 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 Westerville had a population of 1,329 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Westerville had a population of 41,452 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westerville, with the one closest to Westerville listed first.
- Central College ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central College is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central College
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Africa ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Harlem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Flint ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Worthington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mifflinville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mifflinville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflinville
- Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Center Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Olentangy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olentangy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olentangy
- Gahanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Albany
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Galena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lewis Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ovid is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westerville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Westerville ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westerville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Westerville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Westerville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Westerville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> of Westerville.
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 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:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fairfield County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Morrow 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, 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 from Point A (ie- Westerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |