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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bixler. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bixler to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bixler, 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 Bixler (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 Bixler. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Bixler is historic, it would have been located within present day Stark 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 Stark County: Carroll, Columbiana, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bixler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bixler:
- Stark County (The home county of Bixler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Lake Sherman Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Justus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Fohl Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Brewster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Sparta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westarado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Wilmot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gambrinus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Atwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Malvern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Valleyview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Dellroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Harrisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Leavittsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Hibbetts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Pekin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Leesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Carrollton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- East Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- New Alexander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Kensington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Adair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Hanoverton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Georgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Layland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- West Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Bowerston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Conotton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Feed Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Scio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Mount Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Killbuck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Alliance Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Wadsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Acme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Seville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Mishler
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Comet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Portage Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Lakemore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Barberton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Springfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- East Akron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Norton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Bolivar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Zoarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Heritage Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Mineral City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- New Philadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Apple Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Doylestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bixler, see our County-by-County Page for Bixler.
Cemeteries Near Bixler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bixler.
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 Bixler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bixler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Blough Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shepler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zutavern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ft. Laurens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Cemetery
- The Bolivar Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Cemetery
- Lawrence Twp. Cemetery
- St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Paul Community Church Cemetery
- St. Paul UCC Cemetery
- Smoketown Reformed Cemetery
- Bose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kline Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Church Cemetery
- The Sherman Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sherman Cemetery
- Church of God Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church of God Cemetery
- The Church of God Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stump Cemetery
- Slutz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (702 more) ...
- Dietrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Beach City.
- The South Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beach City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151491 <3>
- Hartline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Bixler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bixler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bixler, with the one closest to Bixler listed first.
- Bolivar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beach City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Strasburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Navarre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Richville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Justus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Sandyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Valley Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Pigeon Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- Elton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Wilmot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Howenstine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howenstine is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howenstine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bixler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bixler.
Newspapers Published in Bixler ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bixler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bixler, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bixler.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bixler:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Bixler, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bixler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |