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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 Amboy (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 Amboy. 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 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.

Amboy is located in Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County: Geauga, Lake, Trumbull, Crawford (PA) & Erie (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Amboy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Amboy:

  • Ashtabula County     (The home county of Amboy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • North Kingsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Conneaut
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kelloggsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Kingsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgewood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Edgewood is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Crestlawn Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
    • Parkwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkwood Village is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
    • Ashtabula
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gould
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Gould is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
    • Chapel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
    • Saybrook
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Saybrook is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
    • Jefferson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Austinburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Geauga County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • North Madison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • North Madison is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • North Perry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • North Perry is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
    • Perry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Crawford County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Springboro Station
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Springboro Station is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Station
    • Springboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Conneautville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Crossingville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Crossingville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
    • Dicksonburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
    • Pymatuning North
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
    • Linesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Norrisville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Norrisville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrisville
    • Espyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Harmonsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmonsburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonsburg
    • Mosiertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Mosiertown is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosiertown
    • Pymatuning Central
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
    • Coons Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Coons Corners is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
  • Erie County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.
    • Cherry Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
    • Tracy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
    • East Springfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cross
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cross is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Keepville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Keepville is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
    • Pennside
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
    • Albion
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Albion is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,445 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
    • Cranesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Platea
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Platea is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Girard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Girard is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
    • Lake City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake City is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Little Elk
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Little Elk is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
    • Francis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Francis is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Amboy, see our County-by-County Page for Amboy.

Cemeteries Near Amboy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amboy.

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 Amboy - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Amboy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.

  • West Lakeville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Lake Road Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Farnham Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Greenlawn Memory Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Longview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Longview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kingsville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353235 <2>
  • Lulu Falls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Falls Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Falls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kingsville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41892 <2>
  • Durkee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • East Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (145 more) ...

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 Amboy had a population of 406 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Amboy, with the one closest to Amboy listed first.

  • North Kingsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Conneaut
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Kelloggsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
  • Bushnell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushnell is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
  • Gageville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
  • Monroe Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Monroe Center is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
  • West Springfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Tracy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
  • Cherry Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Plymouth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Plymouth is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Riggs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Riggs is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Harbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Harbor is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
    • Ashtabula
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bulah
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bulah is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulah

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Amboy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Amboy.

Newspapers Published in Amboy ...

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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amboy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Amboy, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Amboy.

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 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 Amboy:

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 Amboy, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amboy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.