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 Black Horse (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 Black Horse. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Black Horse is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Stark, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Black Horse. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Horse:
- Portage County (The home county of Black Horse)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Pine Gate Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brady Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Campbellsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Doolittles Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rootstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Augerburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Streetsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Reading
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Adair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Glenwillow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Bentleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Oakwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Solon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chagrin Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walton Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brecksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Auburn Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bainbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Parkman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Yates Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Burton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middlefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aquilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- East Claridon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Huntsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Pecks Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Kirtland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Willoughby Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Craig Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Maple Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Ellsworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Patmos
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Damascus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Hickory Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Granger
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sharon Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Hinckley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Windfall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Acme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Brunswick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Poe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- New Baltimore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Limaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Uniontown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Oval City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Alliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Belfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Hills and Dales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Canal Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Munroe Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mogadore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tallmadge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Hudson Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Cuyahoga Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lakemore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Boston Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- South Canal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Lordstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Delightful
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Austin Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bolindale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Doylestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Horse, see our County-by-County Page for Black Horse.
Cemeteries Near Black Horse ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Horse.
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 Black Horse - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Horse covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Breakneck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stow Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Restland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thorndyke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Black Horse in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Black Horse.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Horse, with the one closest to Black Horse listed first.
- Ravenna
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rootstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Milford is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Campbellsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Earlville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shalersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shalersville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalersville
- Brimfield Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Charlestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Charlestown is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Freedom Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Streetsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Horse. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Horse.
Newspapers Published in Black Horse ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Horse.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Horse, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Horse.
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 Black Horse:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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> | 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 Black Horse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Black Horse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |