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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 Bushnell (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 Bushnell. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Bushnell is located in Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County: Geauga, Lake, Trumbull, Crawford (PA) & Erie (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Bushnell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bushnell:

  • Ashtabula County     (The home county of Bushnell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.
    • Kelloggsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Kingsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Conneaut
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • North Kingsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gould
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Gould is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
    • Crestlawn Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
    • Edgewood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Edgewood is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Parkwood Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Parkwood Village is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
    • Ashtabula
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Richmond Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
    • Dorset
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Chapel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
    • Jefferson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Geauga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.
    • Thompson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Montville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Montville is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.
    • North Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • North Madison is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
    • Madison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • North Perry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • North Perry is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
    • Perry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Trumbull County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.
    • Barclay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Barclay is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
    • Gustavus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
    • Kinsman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Greene
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Greene is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
  • Crawford County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.
    • Springboro Station
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Springboro Station is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Station
    • Springboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Conneautville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dicksonburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
    • Pymatuning North
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
    • Linesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crossingville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Crossingville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
    • Espyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Norrisville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Norrisville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrisville
    • Mosiertown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Mosiertown is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosiertown
    • Harmonsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmonsburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonsburg
    • Pymatuning Central
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
    • Lynces Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
  • Erie County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.
    • Tracy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
    • Cherry Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
    • Pennside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
    • Keepville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Keepville is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
    • Albion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Albion is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,445 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
    • East Springfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Cross
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Platea
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Platea is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Lake City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake City is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Girard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Girard is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
    • Little Elk
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Elk is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
    • Francis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Francis is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Mercer County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Osgood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
    • Kennard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
  • York County (PA)
    • Adamsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Bushnell, see our County-by-County Page for Bushnell.

Cemeteries Near Bushnell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bushnell.

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 Bushnell - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bushnell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.

  • Reeds Corners Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Monroe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Durkee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Clarks Corner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Farnham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Gageville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • West Lakeville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • East Lakeville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...
    • Lulu Falls Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Falls Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Falls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kingsville.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41892 <2>
    • Longview Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Longview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kingsville.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353235 <2>
    • Old Kingsville Corners Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bushnell had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bushnell, with the one closest to Bushnell listed first.

  • Monroe Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Monroe Center is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
  • Kelloggsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
  • Gageville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gageville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gageville
  • Riggs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Riggs is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
  • Amboy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Amboy is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
  • Tracy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
  • Kingsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Beaver Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Center is located in Crawford County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Center
  • Conneaut
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • North Kingsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bulah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bulah is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulah
  • Pierpont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pierpont is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Cherry Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
    • West Springfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gould
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Gould is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bushnell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bushnell.

Newspapers Published in Bushnell ...

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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bushnell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bushnell, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bushnell.

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 Bushnell:

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 Bushnell, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bushnell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.