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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about East Davis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added East Davis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with East Davis, 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 East Davis (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 East Davis. 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 East Davis ...
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 East Davis: E. Davis
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of East Davis is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 East Davis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Davis:
- Portage County (The home county of East Davis)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Wayland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Augerburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Campbellsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Yale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Drakesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Keans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Ravenna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Windham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rootstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Ashtabula County
- Orwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- Pekin
(29 miles [46.7 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 East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- North Georgetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reading
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Washingtonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Adair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Franklin Square
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Leetonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- East Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Glenwillow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Bentleyville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Walton Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(19 miles [30.6 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 East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Parkman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Auburn Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bainbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Middlefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Burton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(23 miles [37 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
- Yates Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- East Claridon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Huntsburg
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Aquilla
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Craig Beach
(6 miles [9.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Patmos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- West Austintown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Beloit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Westville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Hickory Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Limaville
(10 miles [16.1 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Alliance
(14 miles [22.5 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Belfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- North Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Canton
(25 miles [40.2 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 East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Mogadore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Munroe Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tallmadge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lakemore
(18 miles [29 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
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Silver Lake
(18 miles [29 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
- Myersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Cuyahoga Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Reminderville
(20 miles [32.2 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
- East Akron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- South Canal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Lordstown
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Austin Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Delightful
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Niles
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Davis, see our County-by-County Page for East Davis.
Cemeteries Near East Davis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Davis.
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 East Davis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Davis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Whippoorwill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Charlestown Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Welsh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hawley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drakesburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Homeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (509 more) ...
- Old Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom West Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Price Mill 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.
While we didn't find East Davis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Davis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Davis, with the one closest to East Davis listed first.
- Charlestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Charlestown is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Edinburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edinburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Campbellsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- New Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Milford is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Yale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Freedom Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Pritchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pritchard is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- McClintocksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McClintocksburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintocksburg
- Keans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
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- Ravenna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rootstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Davis. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Davis.
Newspapers Published in East Davis ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Davis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Davis, 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 East Davis.
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 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 East Davis:
- 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
- Mahoning County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 East Davis, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Davis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |