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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Willowbrook. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Willowbrook to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Willowbrook, please Contact Us.
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 Willowbrook (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 Willowbrook. 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 Willowbrook ...
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.
Another variation: Willow Brook.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Willowbrook. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Willowbrook.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Willowbrook is historic, it would have been located within present day Coshocton 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 Coshocton County: Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Muskingum & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Willowbrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willowbrook:
- Coshocton County (The home county of Willowbrook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Conesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Coshocton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Canal Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
- Warsaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Lafayette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Metham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Mohawk Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Nellie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nellie is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Plainfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Birds Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oldham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Abledell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Cambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clio ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Odell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Claysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Brady ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Spring Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Stillwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Charm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Farmerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Glenmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Millersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Nashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Holmesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Esto ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Esto is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Bladensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollisters ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollisters is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisters
- Zuck ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zuck is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuck
- Gann
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Millwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Pipesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Buckeye City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Martinsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Danville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gambier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Frampton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frampton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frampton
- Tilton Crossroads ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tilton Crossroads is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton Crossroads
- Reform
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Reform is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Henpeck ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Henpeck is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henpeck
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Hanover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
- Hollister's Mill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister's Mill is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister's Mill
- Ben
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ben is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben
- Claylick ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claylick is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Wilkins Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Gratiot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Trinway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Frazeysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Gilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Black Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Black Run is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Run
- North Zanesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Zanesville
- Nashport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Mount Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- Roseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chalfants
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- Glenford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Newcomerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Postboy
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Baltic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Bernice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Port Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Peoli
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Barrs Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willowbrook, see our County-by-County Page for Willowbrook.
Cemeteries Near Willowbrook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willowbrook.
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 Willowbrook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willowbrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- Christian Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mill Fork Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tyndall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Warner Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Branch Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch Methodist Church Cemetery
- The Branch Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Branch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- William Robinson Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Compton Cemetery
- Hamilton Valley Cemetery
- Presbyterian Cemetery
- Chalfant Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfant Meeting House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (576 more) ...
- McGee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.
Willowbrook itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willowbrook, with the one closest to Willowbrook listed first.
- New Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Moscow is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moscow
- Conesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Tyrone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Adams Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Adams Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Mills
- Wakatomika
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wakatomika is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakatomika
- Wills Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wills Creek is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Creek
- Coshocton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roscoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roscoe is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Trinway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnel Hill is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill
- Cooperdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cooperdale is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperdale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dresden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- West Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Bedford is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bedford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willowbrook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willowbrook.
Newspapers Published in Willowbrook ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willowbrook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willowbrook, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willowbrook.
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 Willowbrook:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Coshocton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Licking County
- Muskingum County
- Perry County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Willowbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Willowbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |