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 Beartown (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 Beartown. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Beartown is located in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Beartown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beartown:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Beartown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Strasburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Parral
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Heritage Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zoarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Mineral City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Somerdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Shanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Atwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dellroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Valleyview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Leavittsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- New Harrisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Malvern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Carrollton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Pekin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- East Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- New Bedford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Layland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Plainfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Coshocton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Metham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Warsaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Birmingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Birds Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Kimbolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Odell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Bowerston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Conotton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Deersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Scio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Jewett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Farmerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Charm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Killbuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Glenmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Portage County
- Mishler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Beach City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Justus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Lake Sherman Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Richville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- North Industry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Comet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Clinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Myersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Portage Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Apple Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- East Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Marshallville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Boys Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Smithville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beartown, see our County-by-County Page for Beartown.
Cemeteries Near Beartown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beartown.
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 Beartown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beartown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Gorsuch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dover Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Broad Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruslin Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dover.
- The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276135 <2>
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (682 more) ...
- Fourth Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zutavern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Beartown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beartown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beartown, with the one closest to Beartown listed first.
- Strasburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Winfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Reeds Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barrs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- New Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Somerdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Sandyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beartown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beartown.
Newspapers Published in Beartown ...
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 Beartown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beartown, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beartown.
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 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 Beartown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit 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> | 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 Beartown, 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- Beartown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |