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 Cherry Valley (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 Cherry Valley. 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 Cherry Valley ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cherry Valley: Cherry Vly. (or less commonly used: Cherry Vally. or Cherry Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cherry Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherry Valley.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Cherry Valley 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 Cherry Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cherry Valley:
- Ashtabula County (The home county of Cherry Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- West Andover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dorset
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rowenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- New Lyme
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Colebrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dodgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Richmond Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Rays Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Simons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Roaming Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- Montville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Huntsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Parkman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aquilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Welshfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Chardon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Perry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Painesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- Gustavus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Barclay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Greene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Kinsman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mecca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Superior ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Burghill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bristolville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mesopotamia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cortland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wildare
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Fowler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- Espyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Westford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning North
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Pymatuning South
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Linesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hartstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Adamsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Lynces Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Dicksonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
- Atlantic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- Pennside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Tracy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Keepville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keepville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Cherry Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cranesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cross is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Platea
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Osgood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Leechs Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kashner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Kremis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Hadley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheakleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Cherry Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Cherry Valley.
Cemeteries Near Cherry Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherry Valley.
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 Cherry Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cherry Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- Cherry Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Andover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dorset Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dorset Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Dorset.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40569 <3>
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Brownville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Andover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dodgeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- North Colebrook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook South Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Padanaram Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cherry Valley had a population of 962 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cherry Valley, with the one closest to Cherry Valley listed first.
- West Andover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Sentinel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sentinel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Leon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leon is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Dorset
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South New Lyme
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Lyme
- Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Andover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rowenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- New Lyme
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Dodgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Colebrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Williamsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Padanaram
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Padanaram is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padanaram
- Richmond Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cherry Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherry Valley.
Newspapers Published in Cherry Valley ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cherry Valley, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cherry Valley.
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 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 Cherry Valley:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ashtabula County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Trumbull County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Mercer County
- York 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cherry Valley) 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 Cherry Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |