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 Brookside Park (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 Brookside Park. 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 doctors 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.
Brookside Park is located in Trumbull 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 Trumbull County: Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Crawford (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Brookside Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookside Park:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Brookside Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Austin Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Warren
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilhelm Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilhelm Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm Corner
- Howland Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- Rays Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Delightful
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Wildare
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Bolindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Lordstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Cortland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Orwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Colebrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Stanhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Dodgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- West Williamsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- New Lyme
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Hartsgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Simons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Roaming Shores
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- West Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- North Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Teegarden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Cuyahoga County
- Chagrin Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Parkman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Aquilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Montville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Yates Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Bainbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Craig Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Perkins Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Cornersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Youngstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hazelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Windham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Garrettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wayland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Diamond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Drakesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Lloyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hiram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Keans ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Augerburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Yale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Limaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Summit County
- Reminderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Pymatuning South
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Espyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- New Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Robinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Bessemer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- New Wilmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- S.N.P.J
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S.N.P.J
- Estimated population in 2019: 19 people
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Clark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookside Park, see our County-by-County Page for Brookside Park.
Cemeteries Near Brookside Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookside Park.
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 Brookside Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookside Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Leavittsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ewalt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bazetta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McMurray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Champion Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paltzgroff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (420 more) ...
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
- The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- House of Israel Cemetery
- Pine Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Knoll Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Warren.
- Pineview Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Brookside Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookside Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookside Park, with the one closest to Brookside Park listed first.
- Leavittsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Champion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Warren
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- State Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- State Road is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road
- Delightful
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Lordstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Wildare
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Braceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Braceville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braceville
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Southington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Phalanx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Bristolville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newton Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookside Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookside Park.
Newspapers Published in Brookside Park ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookside Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookside Park, 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 Brookside Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Brookside Park:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York 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 Brookside Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Brookside Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |