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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Berwyn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Berwyn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Berwyn, 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 Berwyn (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 Berwyn. 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 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 Berwyn is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Berwyn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berwyn:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Berwyn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Peoli
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Bernice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Gilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Postboy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Port Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Newcomerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Gnadenhutten
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stone Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Holloway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Hendrysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Flushing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barnesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Lafferty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Oco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bannock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Loomis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loomis is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Leesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Lafayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fresno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Canal Lewisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Metham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Warsaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Layland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Birmingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Odell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Kimbolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Brady ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Winterset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Antrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Clio ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Londonderry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Oldham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Easton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Freeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Feed Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Deersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Tappan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Cassville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Bowerston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Conotton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Scio
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Farmerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muskingum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- New Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Norwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wills Town is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills Town
- Rix Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rix Mills is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rix Mills
- Rock Cut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cut is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cut
- Dresden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Trinway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Seawright ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seawright is located in Muskingum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawright
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Kennonsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kennonsburg is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennonsburg
- Mount Zion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Mud Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mud Run is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Batesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Mount Ephraim
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Ephraim is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ephraim
- Sarahsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sarahsville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarahsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Whigville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whigville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Beach City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Berwyn, see our County-by-County Page for Berwyn.
Cemeteries Near Berwyn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berwyn.
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 Berwyn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berwyn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Couts Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hartwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Peoli Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peoples Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centenary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Peoli Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Peoli Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (606 more) ...
- Cumberland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- George Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
Berwyn itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berwyn, with the one closest to Berwyn listed first.
- Booth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Booth is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Peoli
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Gilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Postboy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Guernsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Port Washington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Odell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Newcomerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kimbolton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Salem is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Rush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rush is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Gnadenhutten
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lock Seventeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lock Seventeen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Seventeen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Berwyn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berwyn.
Newspapers Published in Berwyn ...
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 Berwyn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berwyn, 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 Berwyn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Berwyn:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Muskingum County
- Noble County
- Stark 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 Berwyn, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berwyn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |