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 Canfield (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 Canfield. 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 Canfield ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Canfield was referred to as Canfield Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Canfield. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Canfield.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 and hospitals 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.
Canfield is located in Mahoning 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 Mahoning County: Columbiana, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, Lawrence (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Canfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Canfield:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Canfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Cornersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Perkins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- North Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Hickory Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Poland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Watheys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Mechanicstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Washingtonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Teegarden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Waterford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Coleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Lisbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Georgetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- Parkman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Augerburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Drakesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Campbellsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Garrettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Alliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Minerva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Hartville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oval City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Girard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Niles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Klines Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Maplewood Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Bolindale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Sodom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Lordstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Hubbard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coalburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Cannelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Big Beaver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Koppel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellwood City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Esther ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- West Mayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Mayfield is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Dawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Frisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Bessemer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- New Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- S.N.P.J
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Edinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Pulaski
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Mahoningtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Enon Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Clark
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Leesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Newell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Canfield, see our County-by-County Page for Canfield.
Cemeteries Near Canfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canfield.
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 Canfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Canfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Canfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dean Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Haven Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Calla Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharethora Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Covenanter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geeburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- Dutch Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brunsteter 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Canfield had a population of 675 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Canfield had a population of 7,141 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Canfield, with the one closest to Canfield listed first.
- Cornersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- West Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Calla
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- New Buffalo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- North Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Mineral Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- East Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Poland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Youngstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Canfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canfield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Canfield ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Canfield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Canfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Canfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Canfield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of Canfield.
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 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 Canfield:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Hancock 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 Canfield, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Canfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |