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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Antietam. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Antietam to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Antietam, 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 Antietam (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 Antietam. 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 Antietam is historic, it would have been located within present day Trumbull 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 Trumbull County: Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Crawford (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Antietam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antietam:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Antietam)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Burghill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Orangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Fowler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Yankee Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Weldon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Brookfield Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Paynes Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Stanhope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Williamsfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Colebrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Orwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Dorset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Welshfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Claridon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Montville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Youngstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Cornersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Struthers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lowellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boardman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Mahoning
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garrettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Wayland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Lloyd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Drakesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Keans ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Adamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Pymatuning Central
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Hartstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Espyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning North
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Linesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Conneaut Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- New Wilmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Volant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Bessemer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West New Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mount Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Farrell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Hermitage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antietam, see our County-by-County Page for Antietam.
Cemeteries Near Antietam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antietam.
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 Antietam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antietam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- West Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hayes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hayes Cemetery is located
- The Hayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burghill Cemetery
- Burghill - Hayes Cemetery
- Hartford Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- The North Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fowler Cemetery
- Dugan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brockway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Orangeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Giddings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- Artherholt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reichard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Antietam in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Antietam.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Antietam, with the one closest to Antietam listed first.
- Latimer
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Nutwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Burghill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Orangeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Brockway ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brockway is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Weldon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Paynes Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vienna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Kinsman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antietam. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antietam.
Newspapers Published in Antietam ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antietam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Antietam, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Antietam.
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 either 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 Antietam:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York 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 Antietam, 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> | 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- Antietam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |