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 Brimfield Station (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 Brimfield Station. 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 Brimfield Station ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Brimfield Station: Brimfield Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Brimfield Station 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 Brimfield Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brimfield Station:
- Portage County (The home county of Brimfield Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Brimfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brady Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Suffield Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Rootstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mishler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Pine Gate Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Campbellsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Streetsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Augerburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Malvern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pekin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- 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
- East Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Applecreek Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Solon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walton Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Bedford Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chagrin Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- South Russell
(23 miles [37 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
- Welshfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Burton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Middlefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Craig Beach
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Patmos
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Damascus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hickory Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- West Austintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Sharon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Granger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Wadsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Hinckley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Acme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Poe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Brunswick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Medina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Greentown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Oval City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Limaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- North Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Meyers Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Belfort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Mogadore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tallmadge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Munroe Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Cuyahoga Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Stow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakemore
(6 miles [9.7 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
- East Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Myersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- 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
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- South Canal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Lordstown
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Austin Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- West Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Doylestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Dalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Orrville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brimfield Station, see our County-by-County Page for Brimfield Station.
Cemeteries Near Brimfield Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brimfield Station.
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 Brimfield Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brimfield Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Westlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thorndyke Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Restland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Washburn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stow Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Tallmadge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Tallmadge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Upson Meacham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Dyke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (543 more) ...
- Breakneck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tallmadge Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brimfield Station had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brimfield Station, with the one closest to Brimfield Station listed first.
- Brimfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mogadore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tallmadge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Munroe Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brittain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- North Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Suffield Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Suffield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Suffield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield
- Mishler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Rootstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Earlville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cuyahoga Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brimfield Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brimfield Station.
Newspapers Published in Brimfield Station ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brimfield Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brimfield Station, 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 Brimfield Station.
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 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 Brimfield Station:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga 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 Brimfield Station, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brimfield Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |