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 Zoar (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 Zoar. 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 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 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.
Zoar 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 Zoar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zoar:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Zoar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Zoarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Mineral City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bolivar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Somerdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Parral
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Roswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Barnhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Atwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Dellroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valleyview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Queensboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Malvern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- New Harrisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Leesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Hibbetts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Carrollton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pekin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- East Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Kensington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Alexander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Reading
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Hanoverton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Adair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- North Georgetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Summitville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Salineville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Guernsey County
- Birmingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Bowerston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Conotton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Feed Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Scio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Jewett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Germano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Farmerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Mount Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Charm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Killbuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Amsterdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Mishler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- East Sparta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Sherman Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fohl Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Beach City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Industry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Waynesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Justus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Brewster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Comet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Myersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Portage Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Lakemore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Barberton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Thomastown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- East Akron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Apple Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zoar, see our County-by-County Page for Zoar.
Cemeteries Near Zoar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zoar.
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 Zoar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zoar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Zoar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ft. Laurens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kline Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ruslin Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mineral City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- German Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Cemetery
- The Bolivar Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Cemetery
- Lawrence Twp. Cemetery
- Continue List (694 more) ...
- Henline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zutavern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bisel Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Zoar had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Zoar had a population of 174 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zoar, with the one closest to Zoar listed first.
- Valley Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Sandyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Bolivar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Somerdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Reeds Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Winfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Cumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Cumberland is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
- Howenstine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howenstine is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howenstine
- Beach City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Richville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Waynesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zoar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zoar.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Zoar ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zoar.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Zoar. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Zoar and those printed in the larger area surrounding Zoar.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of Zoar.
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 Zoar:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit 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> | 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 Zoar, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Zoar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |