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 Asbury Park (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 Asbury Park. 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.
Asbury Park 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 Asbury Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Asbury Park:
- Ashtabula County (The home county of Asbury Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Orwell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Colebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dodgeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Rome
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- New Lyme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Roaming Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Hartsgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Rock Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Trumbull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Wick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Rays Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Trumbull
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Chagrin Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gates Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Bentleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Mayfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moreland Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Huntsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Montville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Middlefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Thompson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parkman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Aquilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- West Bass Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Welshfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Chardon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Perry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Painesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Fairport Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Grand River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Craig Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- North Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- West Austintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Garrettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Mantua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Wayland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Greene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Mesopotamia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bristolville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gustavus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Mecca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Wildare
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Barclay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Kinsman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Espyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Pymatuning South
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning North
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Linesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Adamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hartstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Atlantic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Lynces Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Erie County (PA)
- Tracy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- Jamestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Osgood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Shenango
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Kennard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Leechs Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- 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 Asbury Park, see our County-by-County Page for Asbury Park.
Cemeteries Near Asbury Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Asbury Park.
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 Asbury Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Asbury Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- South Orwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- North Orwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Orwell Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Orwell.
- Latimer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Colebrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Southeast Hartsgrove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Windsor Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Windsor Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Loomis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brownwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Brownville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Hyde Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rome Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crosby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Asbury Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Asbury Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Asbury Park, with the one closest to Asbury Park listed first.
- East Orwell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Orwell is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orwell
- Orwell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- North Bloomfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Colebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dodgeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Lyme Station is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme Station
- Windsor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South New Lyme
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Lyme
- Rome
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Windsor Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Windsor Mills is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Mills
- Triumph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Triumph is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
- New Lyme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mesopotamia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- North Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Bristol is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Asbury Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Asbury Park.
Newspapers Published in Asbury Park ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Asbury Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Asbury Park, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Asbury Park.
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 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 Asbury Park:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ashtabula County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Trumbull County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Mercer County
- York 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 Asbury Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Asbury Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |