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 Edinburg (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 Edinburg. 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 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.
Edinburg 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 Edinburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edinburg:
- Portage County (The home county of Edinburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Campbellsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Augerburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Wayland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Rootstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lloyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Ravenna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Pine Gate Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Drakesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Brady Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Pekin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Reading
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Adair
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Franklin Square
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Washingtonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Rochester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Hanoverton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(27 miles [43.5 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 Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Bentleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Solon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chagrin Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Walton Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Brecksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley
(29 miles [46.7 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
- 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 Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Parkman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Auburn Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bainbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Russell
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Middlefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- East Claridon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Aquilla
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Craig Beach
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Alliance Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Patmos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Westville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Damascus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- West Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg 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)
- Wadsworth
(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 Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Limaville
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Alliance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Louisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belfort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- North Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Canton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harter Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harter Heights is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harter Heights
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Mogadore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lakemore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Munroe Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Stow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tallmadge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Myersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- 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
- Cuyahoga Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Akron
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- South Canal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Lordstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Austin Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Delightful
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(20 miles [32.2 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)
- Hilltop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Rays Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Wayne County
- Doylestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edinburg, see our County-by-County Page for Edinburg.
Cemeteries Near Edinburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edinburg.
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 Edinburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edinburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Edinburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Palmyra Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whippoorwill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charlestown Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Homeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Atwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welsh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Disciple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (530 more) ...
- Hawley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Edinburg had a population of 263 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edinburg, with the one closest to Edinburg listed first.
- Yale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Campbellsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- New Milford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Milford is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Charlestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Charlestown is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Palmyra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Atwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Atwater Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Atwater Center is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater Center
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Rootstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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 east)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Ravenna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Freedom Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edinburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edinburg.
Newspapers Published in Edinburg ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edinburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edinburg, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edinburg.
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 Edinburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Wayne 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 Edinburg, 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- Edinburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |