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 Young Hickory (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 Young Hickory. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Young Hickory is located in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County: Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Morgan, Noble & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Young Hickory. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Young Hickory:
- Muskingum County (The home county of Young Hickory)
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Museville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
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- McDonald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Blue Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Rix Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Philo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Eyes Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eyes Town
- Cannelville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cannelville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelville
- New Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Norwich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buckeye
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Hartleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleyville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleyville
- Glouster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Amesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Armadale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Armadale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armadale
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mudsock is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Greens Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Run
- Truetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Truetown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truetown
- Big Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Big Run is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Conesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Claysville is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Bluebell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluebell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluebell
- Bluebell has also been known as:
- Opperman
- Pleasant City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abledell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Abledell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abledell
- Meadow Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Meadow Village is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Byesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Senecaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lore City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- New Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Jobs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jobs is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs
- Murray City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Pittsburg is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Orbiston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orbiston is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orbiston
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Gratiot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gratiot is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Stafford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stafford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lewisville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Reinersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
- Durant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Durant is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- McConnelsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eagleport is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleport
- Hackney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hackney is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Neelysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Neelysville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelysville
- Malta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgan
- Wolf Creek
- Deavertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Deavertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavertown
- Stockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Westland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Westland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Todds
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Todds is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Olive Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Olive Green is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Green
- Hoskinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hoskinsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinsville
- Belle Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Caldwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Zion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sarahsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Dungannon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dungannon is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Ashton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ashton is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- South Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Olive is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Olive
- Crooked Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Tree is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Tree
- Dexter City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter City is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- San Toy ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- San Toy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Toy
- San Toy has also been known as:
- Santoy
- Roseville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Crooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Corning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rendville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Congo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Clover Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Redfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Redfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Drakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes
- Rehoboth
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- New Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Beverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Luke Chute is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke Chute
- Macksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Elba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Warner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Warner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Alden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alden is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Churchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Lower Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Salem is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Devola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Devola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devola
- Wood County (WV)
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Young Hickory, see our County-by-County Page for Young Hickory.
Cemeteries Near Young Hickory ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Young Hickory.
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 Young Hickory - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Young Hickory covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Lytlesburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown African Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown African Methodist Cemetery
- The Brown African Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- African Methodist Church Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
- Ark Springs Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakland Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windy Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Renrock Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (617 more) ...
- Blue Rock Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ruraldale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Young Hickory had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Young Hickory, with the one closest to Young Hickory listed first.
- Coal Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Zeno
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Zeno is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeno
- Rowland ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rowland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Museville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Museville is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
- High Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- High Hill is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Cloud ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cloud is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud
- Renrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Renrock is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renrock
- Bristol
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Spratt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spratt is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spratt
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Freeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freeland is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Otho ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otho is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otho
- Reinersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reinersville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Young Hickory. See our List of 1890's Communities around Young Hickory.
Newspapers Published in Young Hickory ...
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 Young Hickory.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Young Hickory, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Young Hickory.
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 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 Young Hickory:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Muskingum County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Noble County
- Perry County
- Washington County
- Wood 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> | 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- Young Hickory) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Young Hickory, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |