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 Charlestown (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 Charlestown. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Charlestown 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 Charlestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Charlestown:
- Portage County (The home county of Charlestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Augerburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Wayland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Campbellsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Ravenna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Pine Gate Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Evergreen Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Rootstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Brady Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Ashtabula County
- Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- Pekin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- North Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reading
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Washingtonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- New Alexander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Franklin Square
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Leetonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- East Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Columbiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Glenwillow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Bentleyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Chagrin Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 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
- Moreland Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Walton Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- North Randall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Auburn Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Parkman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Bainbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Middlefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- East Claridon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Aquilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Chesterland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Chardon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake County
- Pecks Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Craig Beach
(9 miles [14.5 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
- North Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Beloit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Mineral Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Austintown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Westville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Austintown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Damascus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Granger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sharon Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Limaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Alliance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Oval City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- East Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Mogadore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Munroe Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tallmadge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Reminderville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Lakemore
(17 miles [27.4 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
- North Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Cuyahoga Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Twinsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boston Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- South Canal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Lordstown
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Austin Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Leavittsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- West Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Niles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Charlestown, see our County-by-County Page for Charlestown.
Cemeteries Near Charlestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Charlestown.
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 Charlestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Charlestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Charlestown Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Whippoorwill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drakesburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Welsh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Freedom West Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Homeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palmyra Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Palmyra.
- The Palmyra Cemetery has also been known as:
- Palmyra West Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- Hawley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Charlestown had a population of 216 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Charlestown, with the one closest to Charlestown listed first.
- Freedom Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Campbellsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Ravenna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- New Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Milford is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Rootstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- McClintocksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McClintocksburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintocksburg
- Shalersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shalersville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalersville
- Yale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pritchard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pritchard is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Charlestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Charlestown.
Newspapers Published in Charlestown ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Charlestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Charlestown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Charlestown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Charlestown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 Charlestown, 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- Charlestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |