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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Yankeetown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Yankeetown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yankeetown, 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 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Yankeetown is historic, it would have been located within present day Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
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:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Yankeetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Gnadenhutten
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tuscarawas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Gilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Port Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Uhrichsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dennison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Stone Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Barnhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Bernice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Holloway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Flushing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Lafferty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Morristown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Barnesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Bannock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Leesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Leavittsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Queensboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Dellroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Carrollton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Malvern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Pekin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Fresno
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Plainfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Conesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Layland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Metham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Birmingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Londonderry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Kimbolton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Antrim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Winterset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Brady ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Middlebourne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Oldham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Easton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Feed Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Deersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Freeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Conotton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Smyrna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Scio
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Cassville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Jewett
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Farmerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Killbuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- Amsterdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- New Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- Kennonsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankeetown, with the one closest to Yankeetown listed first.
- Beach City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Sherman Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brewster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Justus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- North Industry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Richville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Wayne County
- Mount Eaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
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.
- Lock Seventeen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gnadenhutten Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- River Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Schweitzer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Frys Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- River Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kennedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Moravian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (660 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Port Washington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43812 <3>
- Dutch Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centenary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.
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.
- Lock Seventeen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
- Gnadenhutten
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tuscarawas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Port Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Rush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rush is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Uhrichsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dennison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blackband
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackband is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackband
- Stone Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
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 76 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]<4>. 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 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 Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Stark County
- Wayne 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 Yankeetown, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yankeetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |