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 Atwater Center (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 Atwater Center. 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.
Name Variations for Atwater Center ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Atwater Center: Atwater Ctr. (or less commonly used: Atwater Cen., Atwater Cent. or Atwater Cntr.)
You might see Atwater Centre instead of Atwater Center.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Atwater Center is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Stark, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Atwater Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atwater Center:
- Portage County (The home county of Atwater Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Keans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Lloyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Rootstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Augerburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Wayland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Ravenna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brimfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Gate Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Mishler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Pekin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Malvern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Augusta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Watheys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- New Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Wyncrest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Mechanicstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Reading
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adair
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- New Alexander
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- East Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Franklin Square
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Hanoverton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Kensington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leetonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Glenwillow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Solon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Chagrin Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Bainbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Burton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Middlefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Beloit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Patmos
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Damascus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hickory Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- North Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Canfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greenford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Medina County
- Wadsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Limaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Alliance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Louisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greentown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Belfort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- North Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harter Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harter Heights is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harter Heights
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Mogadore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lakemore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Myersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- North Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Munroe Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tallmadge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Akron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Thomastown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Silver Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Stow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- South Canal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Phalanx
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Leavittsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Delightful
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Niles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Hilltop
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Rays Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Tuscarawas County
- Bolivar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Atwater Center, see our County-by-County Page for Atwater Center.
Cemeteries Near Atwater Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atwater Center.
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 Atwater Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Atwater Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Atwater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Disciple Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (537 more) ...
- Alliance City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dutch Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williamsport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, Atwater Center had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Atwater Center, with the one closest to Atwater Center listed first.
- Atwater
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Limaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- New Baltimore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Deerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edinburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marlboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marlboro is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
- Keans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- New Milford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Milford is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Alliance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Benton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Benton
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Lloyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Atwater Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atwater Center.
Newspapers Published in Atwater Center ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atwater Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atwater Center, 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 Atwater Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Atwater Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Tuscarawas 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 Atwater Center, 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- Atwater Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |