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Welcome to Ashmont ...

So far, we found very little information about Ashmont. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ashmont to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ashmont, please Contact Us.

Ashmont would have been located within present day Erie County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashmont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ashmont is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Ashmont was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Ashmont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Ashmont - they are located in Alberta, Massachusetts and North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ashmont.

Communities near Ashmont ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ashmont.

  • Lorain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Elyria
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Sandusky
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Norwalk
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Amherst
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Vermilion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheffield Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Oberlin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Huron
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wellington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ashmont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashmont.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ashmont. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashmont.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashmont. See our Newspapers Page for Ashmont.

Adding Ashmont to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ashmont in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ashmont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ashmont post office opened in 1886. The Ashmont post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashmont.

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 Ashmont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ashmont - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/