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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Beardsley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Beardsley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beardsley, 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 Beardsley (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 Beardsley. 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 Beardsley is historic, it would have been located within present day Geauga 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 Geauga County: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Portage, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Beardsley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beardsley:
- Geauga County (The home county of Beardsley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Huntsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Montville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Aquilla
(5 miles [8 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Middlefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chardon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thompson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Parkman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yates Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Auburn Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Hartsgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Orwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trumbull
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Rome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- East Trumbull
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Rock Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Roaming Shores
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- New Lyme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Harpersfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harpersfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersfield
- Colebrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Eagleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Mechanicsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Gates Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chagrin Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Valley
(18 miles [29 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
- Mayfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Mayfield Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moreland Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pepper Pike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Highland Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lyndhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Woodmere
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beachwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Solon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Kirtland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Madison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Perry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Painesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Hill
(16 miles [25.7 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
- North Madison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- North Perry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North Perry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Brentwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Fairport Harbor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grand River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning County
- Craig Beach
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Hiram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Garrettsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mantua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Drakesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Windham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Camelot Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Doolittles Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Augerburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Reminderville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Emmons Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Hudson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Boston Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Mesopotamia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Bristolville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Greene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Delightful
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Wildare
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Phalanx
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Mecca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Gustavus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Barclay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Austin Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Espyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Pymatuning South
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beardsley, see our County-by-County Page for Beardsley.
Cemeteries Near Beardsley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beardsley.
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 Beardsley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beardsley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Huntsburg Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Claridon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Claridon Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Montville Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Claridon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Middlefield Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Windsor Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Windsor Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hambden Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- Welton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Beardsley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beardsley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beardsley, with the one closest to Beardsley listed first.
- Huntsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Claridon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claridon
- Burton Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burton Station is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Station
- Montville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Windsor Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Windsor Mills is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Mills
- Burton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Thompson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Thompson is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Thompson
- Breakman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Breakman is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakman
- Windsor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bostwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bostwick is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostwick
- Clarks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clarks is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Chardon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beardsley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beardsley.
Newspapers Published in Beardsley ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beardsley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beardsley, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beardsley.
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 helpful 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 Beardsley:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Geauga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Crawford 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 Beardsley, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beardsley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |