Welcome to Berwyn ...

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.

Berwyn would have been located within present day Tuscarawas County<2>.

The location of Berwyn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Berwyn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Berwyn is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Websites for Berwyn ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tuschamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Berwyn, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Berwyn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Berwyn - they are located in Alberta, Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Berwyn ...

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

• New Philadelphia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
  • New Philadelphia is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,418 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Philadelphia <5>
• Dover
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Dover is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,693 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <5>
• Coshocton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coshocton
  • Coshocton is located in Coshocton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,956 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coshocton <5>
• Cambridge
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • Cambridge is located in Guernsey County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <5>
• Uhrichsville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uhrichsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhrichsville
  • Uhrichsville is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Uhrichsville <5>
• Newcomerstown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomerstown
  • Newcomerstown is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,727 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcomerstown <5>
• Dennison
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
  • Dennison is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,599 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dennison <5>
• Byesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byesville
  • Byesville is located in Guernsey County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,345 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byesville <5>
• West Lafayette
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Lafayette have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lafayette
  • West Lafayette is located in Coshocton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Lafayette <5>
• Gnadenhutten
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gnadenhutten have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnadenhutten
  • Gnadenhutten is located in Tuscarawas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gnadenhutten <5>

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 Berwyn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Berwyn.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Berwyn. 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 Berwyn.

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

Adding Berwyn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Berwyn 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 for Berwyn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Berwyn post office opened in 1887.

We also found Berwyn in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Berwyn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tuscarawas County: www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/