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 Bunkers Corners (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 Bunkers Corners. 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 Bunkers Corners ...
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 Bunkers Corners: Bunkers Cors.
- While the name of this community is Bunkers Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bunkers Corners may originally have been Bunker's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bunkers Corners might be written as Bunker Corners.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bunkers Corners 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 Bunkers Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunkers Corners:
- Portage County (The home county of Bunkers Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Brimfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Suffield Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Rootstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Mishler
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- 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)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Campbellsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Doolittles Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Augerburg
(10 miles [16.1 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 Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Pekin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Reading
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Adair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- East Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Glenwillow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Walton Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brecksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chagrin Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Bainbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- South Russell
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners
(26 miles [41.8 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 north)
- Middlefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Craig Beach
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Alliance Junction
(19 miles [30.6 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)
- Westville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Damascus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Ellsworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- West Austintown
(28 miles [45.1 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 Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Granger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sharon Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Hinckley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Acme
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Windfall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Poe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brunswick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Hartville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Greentown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Oval City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Limaville
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alliance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 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
- Canal Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Mogadore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Munroe Falls
(5 miles [8 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
- Tallmadge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Stow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Cuyahoga Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Myersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- South Canal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Lordstown
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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)
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Bolindale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Tuscarawas County
- Bolivar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners 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)
- Orrville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bunkers Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Bunkers Corners.
Cemeteries Near Bunkers Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bunkers Corners.
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 Bunkers Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bunkers Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Restland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thorndyke Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Dyke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upson Meacham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stow Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Suffield East Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (542 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Breakneck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Bunkers Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bunkers Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bunkers Corners, with the one closest to Bunkers Corners listed first.
- Brimfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brimfield Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Mogadore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Suffield Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Suffield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Suffield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield
- Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Mishler
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Rootstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Munroe Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tallmadge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brittain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bunkers Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bunkers Corners.
Newspapers Published in Bunkers Corners ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bunkers Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bunkers Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bunkers Corners.
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 Bunkers Corners:
- 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
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Bunkers Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bunkers Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |