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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Douglas. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Douglas to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Douglas, please Contact Us.
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 Douglas (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 Douglas. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Douglas is historic, it would have been located within present day Wayne 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 Wayne County: Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Douglas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Douglas:
- Wayne County (The home county of Douglas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smithville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Creston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weilersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Rittman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boys Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshallville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Devil Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Burbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Aukerman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Redhaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Rowsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jeromesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nova
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McKay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Bailey Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Loudonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Savannah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Strongsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Binola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- North Royalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Holmesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Miley Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Charm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Killbuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Huron County
- New London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Huntington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Belden
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Pheasant Run Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Lagrange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Eaton Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Seville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Gloria Glens Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Friendsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- River Styx
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Wadsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <2>
- Poe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Pawnee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Mishler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richland County
- Olivesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- North Lawrence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Canal Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sippo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Forty Corners Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Mayflower Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Massillon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Justus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Norton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Paxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Barberton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Comet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Copley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Fairlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Bolivar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Douglas, see our County-by-County Page for Douglas.
Cemeteries Near Douglas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Douglas.
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 Douglas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Douglas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Geyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Smithville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Ann Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (623 more) ...
- Sterling Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.
While we didn't find Douglas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Douglas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Douglas, with the one closest to Douglas listed first.
- Smithville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canaan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Madisonburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Creston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weilersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Golden Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Golden Corners is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Corners
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rittman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marshallville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Easton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cedar Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Wooster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Douglas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Douglas.
Newspapers Published in Douglas ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Douglas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Douglas, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Douglas.
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 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 Douglas:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Douglas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Douglas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |