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 Yankeetown (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 Yankeetown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Yankeetown is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Yankeetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yankeetown:
- Fayette County (The home county of Yankeetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Cook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hagler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Jeffersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- South Charleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- South Vienna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Catawba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Sabina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Port William
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Stoutsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lithopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amanda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Pleasant Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Grove City Country Club
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Grove City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Galloway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lockbourne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Urbancrest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Urbancrest is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbancrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
- Alton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Grape Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Bowersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Greenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Monroe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- New Petersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Range
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- South Solon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Gillivan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Summerford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Choctaw Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Deer Creek Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Village
- Plumwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Grange Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pherson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- New Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Darbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Williamsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Matville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Orient
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Commercial Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Ashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Circleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Clarksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Austin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Yellowbud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Frankfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Roxabell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Andersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Lattaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Musselman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- South Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- North Fork Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Bourneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yankeetown, see our County-by-County Page for Yankeetown.
Cemeteries Near Yankeetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yankeetown.
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 Yankeetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yankeetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Leavell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lewis Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Waterloo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Messmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bostwick - Loofbourrow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Madison Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arron Kellar Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shilo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (488 more) ...
- Greenland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alkire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Yankeetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yankeetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Pancoastburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pancoastburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoastburg
- Cook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Madison Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Madison Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Manara
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manara is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manara
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Mount Sterling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chenoweth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chenoweth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
- Bloomingburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pherson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Johnson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Nioga ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nioga is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nioga
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Atlanta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Darbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Derby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yankeetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yankeetown.
Newspapers Published in Yankeetown ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yankeetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yankeetown, 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 Yankeetown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Yankeetown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Ross 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 Yankeetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Yankeetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |