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 Wilbren (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 Wilbren. 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 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.
Wilbren is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Morgan & Muskingum.
Below are the counties that are near Wilbren. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilbren:
- Perry County (The home county of Wilbren)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Rehoboth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clover Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Crooksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Congo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Shawnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rendville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Carthon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Hartleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Trimble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bessemer
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bessemer is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Buchtel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Buchtel is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
- Greens Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Nelsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Truetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Chauncey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chauncey is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
- Liars Corner ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Liars Corner is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liars Corner
- Mount Nebo ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Nebo is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Rushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Rushville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Rushville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rushville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pleasantville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Beach
- Sugar Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thurston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Thurston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Lakeside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Millersport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Baltimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Claysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Murray City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- New Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sand Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Carbon Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Jobs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Sand Run Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Orbiston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Candy Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Rockbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gratiot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Little Claylick ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Little Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Claylick
- Harbor Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Buckeye Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Heath
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Deavertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Eagleport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Morganville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Durant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Malta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McConnelsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elliott Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- Westland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Wrightstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Joy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Neelysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Todds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Fultonham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fultonham is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Cannelville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- Darlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Buckeye
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- South Zanesville
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Philo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Zanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- North Zanesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Pleasant Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Noble County
- Olive Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Hope ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- Luke Chute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Wolf Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilbren, see our County-by-County Page for Wilbren.
Cemeteries Near Wilbren ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilbren.
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 Wilbren - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilbren covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- First Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Lexington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McLuney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Teal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vansickle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bristol Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (640 more) ...
- Shick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCaslin Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Iliff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Wilbren in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilbren.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilbren, with the one closest to Wilbren listed first.
- New Lexington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rehoboth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Lyonsdale ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lyonsdale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Bristol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Moxahala
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moxahala is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxahala
- McLuney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McLuney is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLuney
- Redfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Rose Farm
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rose Farm is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Farm
- Crooksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saltillo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Saltillo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Dicksonton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dicksonton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonton
- Sayre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sayre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Junction City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McCuneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCuneville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCuneville
- Deavertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilbren. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilbren.
Newspapers Published in Wilbren ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilbren.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilbren, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilbren.
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 helpful 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 Wilbren:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Fairfield County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Morgan County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Vinton County
- Washington 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 Wilbren, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilbren) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |