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 Bolton (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 Bolton. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Bolton is located in 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 Bolton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bolton:
- Stark County (The home county of Bolton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Alliance
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Limaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Louisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Hartville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oval City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- East Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- North Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Uniontown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Pekin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Malvern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Augusta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Watheys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- New Harrisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Wyncrest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Mechanicstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dellroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Valleyview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Wattsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Atwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Reading
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- East Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hanoverton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kensington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Teegarden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Leetonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coleman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Parkman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beloit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Patmos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Hickory Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Craig Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Ellsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Greenford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- North Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Yale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Keans ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Rootstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mishler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Campbellsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Suffield Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Augerburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Wayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Brimfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Mogadore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Myersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Lakemore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- North Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Greensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Tallmadge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thomastown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Munroe Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Comet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- East Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Portage Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Akron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- South Canal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Phalanx
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Austin Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Leavittsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Niles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Bolindale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Hilltop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Warren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Girard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Zoarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Wayne County
- Doylestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bolton, see our County-by-County Page for Bolton.
Cemeteries Near Bolton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bolton.
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 Bolton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bolton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Alliance City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dutch Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Williamsport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lexington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Science Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Jewish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Beech Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old German Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (549 more) ...
- Fairmount Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Memorial Park
- The Fairmount Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Fairmount Memorial Cemetery
- Fairmount Childrens Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker Hill 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bolton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bolton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bolton, with the one closest to Bolton listed first.
- Alliance
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Union is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Limaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- McGarry ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGarry is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarry
- Alliance Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maximo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maximo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maximo
- Marlboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marlboro is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
- Atwater Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Atwater Center is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater Center
- Atwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beloit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Snodes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Snodes is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodes
- North Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Benton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Benton
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Deerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Homeworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bolton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bolton.
Newspapers Published in Bolton ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bolton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bolton, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bolton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bolton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Tuscarawas 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 Bolton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bolton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |