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 Boys Village (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 Boys Village. 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.
Name Variations for Boys Village ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Boys Village: Boys Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Boys Village, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Boys Village may originally have been Boy's Village.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Boys Village might be written as Boy Village.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Boys Village is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Boys Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boys Village:
- Wayne County (The home county of Boys Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Weilersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Wooster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- East Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Moreland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marshallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Rowsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Redhaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Jeromesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Polk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- McKay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Hayesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Loudonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Perrysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Bailey Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Layland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- New Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Holmesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Miley Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Charm
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Killbuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glenmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Stillwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Gann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Jelloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Huntington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Belden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Pheasant Run Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Lagrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Seville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Friendsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Westfield Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Acme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Gloria Glens Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Lodi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <2>
- River Styx
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Wadsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Pawnee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Mishler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Olivesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Newville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Lucas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- East Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- North Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sippo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Canal Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Brewster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Corners Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Justus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Wilmot
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Norton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Comet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Barberton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Copley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Portage Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Fairlawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Dundee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Shanesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Strasburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Parral
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Baltic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Zoar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boys Village, see our County-by-County Page for Boys Village.
Cemeteries Near Boys Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boys Village.
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 Boys Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boys Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Amish Plank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish Plank Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Amish Plank Cemetery is located in Wooster.
- The Amish Plank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Government Cemetery
- Highland Park Cemetery
- Plank Cemetery
- President's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364997 <3>
- East Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steele Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- The Steele Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sommer Cemetery
- Maple Grove Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Memorial Park
- The Maple Grove Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Madisonburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wooster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wooster Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Wooster.
- The Wooster Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44201 <3>
- Wayne County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stauffer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smithville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (652 more) ...
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Boys Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boys Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boys Village, with the one closest to Boys Village listed first.
- Wooster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Madisonburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Madisonburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Smithville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Apple Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Canaan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Golden Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Corners is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Corners
- McQuaid ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McQuaid is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuaid
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Millbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Marshallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boys Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boys Village.
Newspapers Published in Boys Village ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boys Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boys Village, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boys Village.
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 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 Boys Village:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Coshocton County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Boys Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boys Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |