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 Yorktown (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 Yorktown. 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 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.
Yorktown is located in 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 Yorktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yorktown:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Yorktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Old Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Stone Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Barnhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Midvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Parral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Sugarcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gnadenhutten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarawas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Port Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Holloway
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Sherrodsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- 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
- Leesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Queensboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(22 miles [35.4 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)
- Malvern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Pekin
(27 miles [43.5 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 Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Chili
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- New Bedford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fresno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Plainfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coshocton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Layland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- 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
- Warsaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mohawk Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mohawk Village is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Village
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Birmingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Birds Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Odell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Antrim
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Londonderry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Brady ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Winterset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Clio ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Oldham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Easton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Elizabethtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Feed Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Bowerston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tappan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Conotton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Deersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Freeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Smyrna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Cassville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Jewett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Farmerstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Killbuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glenmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stillwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Muskingum County
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Beach City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Sparta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Justus
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Lake Sherman Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Waynesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Industry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Apple Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Burton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Moreland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Orrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yorktown, see our County-by-County Page for Yorktown.
Cemeteries Near Yorktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yorktown.
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 Yorktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yorktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Jerusalem Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Peters Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stonecreek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crooked Run United Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns German Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mud Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brandywine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Jacobs Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (665 more) ...
- Frys Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Schweitzer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Yorktown had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yorktown, with the one closest to Yorktown listed first.
- Blackband
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blackband is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackband
- Stone Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Ragersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ragersville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragersville
- Lock Seventeen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
- Winfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Gnadenhutten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarawas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Midvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Barnhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Reeds Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sugarcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Port Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yorktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yorktown.
Newspapers Published in Yorktown ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yorktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yorktown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yorktown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Yorktown:
- 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
- Muskingum County
- Stark County
- Wayne 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 Yorktown, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yorktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |