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 Carefree Estates (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 Carefree Estates. 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 Carefree Estates ...
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.
Another variation: Care Free Estates.
- A typical abbreviation for Carefree Estates: Carefree Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Carefree Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carefree Estates.
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 northeast 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 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.
Carefree Estates is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Carefree Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carefree Estates:
- Richland County (The home county of Carefree Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Shelby
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Forest ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Maybee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Mansfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Bailey Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ruggles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Ashland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Nova
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Polk
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jeromesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- McKay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redhaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Tiro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Crestline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- New Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Galion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chatfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bucyrus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Broken Sword
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Milan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Berlinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- North Milan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Avery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Berlin Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Delphi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Coble Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- Celeryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Steuben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Fitchville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Olena
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- New London
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peru
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Batemantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- North Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Fredericktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Nunda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Dorema
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Jelloway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Huntington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Wellington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Martel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Caledonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Medina County
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Iberia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Mount Gilead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Edison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cardington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- Bellevue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Carrothers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Caroline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Attica Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Attica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Omar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Bloomville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Republic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Flat Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Melmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Lattasburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- West Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Funk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- New Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Duenquat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Nevada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wyandot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Mexico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carefree Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Carefree Estates.
Cemeteries Near Carefree Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carefree Estates.
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 Carefree Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carefree Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Shelby - Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coltman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Myers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hazel Brush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Brush Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Brush Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Shelby.
- Springmill Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- German Reform Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (509 more) ...
- Dickson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Trauger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Carefree Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carefree Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carefree Estates, with the one closest to Carefree Estates listed first.
- Shelby
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Forest ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Ganges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Toledo Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mill is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Tiro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Crestline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ontario
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- North Auburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Biddle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Biddle is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carefree Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carefree Estates.
Newspapers Published in Carefree Estates ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carefree Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carefree Estates, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carefree Estates.
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 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 Carefree Estates:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wayne County
- Wyandot 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> | 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- Carefree Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Carefree Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |