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 Edinburgh (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 Edinburgh. 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 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.
Edinburgh is located in 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 Edinburgh. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edinburgh:
- Wayne County (The home county of Edinburgh)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Apple Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Weilersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Wooster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boys Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Moreland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Smithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Rowsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Jeromesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Redhaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Loudonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- McKay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Polk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Perrysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mifflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Bailey Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Layland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Chili
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Metham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Fresno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Warsaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holmesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Miley Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Charm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Farmerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Killbuck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Gann
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Jelloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Buckeye City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lorain County
- Huntington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Seville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Acme
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Friendsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Wadsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westfield Center
(19 miles [30.6 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
- River Styx
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Gloria Glens Park
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Lodi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(22 miles [35.4 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 <1>
- Poe
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Mishler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Newville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Lucas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- East Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- North Lawrence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sippo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Justus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- West Brookfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Mayflower Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Westarado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Beach City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Fulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Norton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Paxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Portage Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Copley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Myersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Dundee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Shanesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Strasburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Parral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Baltic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Zoar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edinburgh, see our County-by-County Page for Edinburgh.
Cemeteries Near Edinburgh ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edinburgh.
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 Edinburgh - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edinburgh covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Applecreek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Applecreek West End Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bott Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hermans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermans Cemetery
- The Hermans Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jacobs German Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity English Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stauffer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Traceys Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rudy S. Yoder Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy S. Yoder Farm Cemetery
- The Rudy S. Yoder Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Simon Yoder Cemetery
- Red Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock of Ages Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock of Ages Mennonite Cemetery
- The Rock of Ages Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rock of Ages Church of God In Christ Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (669 more) ...
- East Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Erb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bodine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Edinburgh in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edinburgh.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edinburgh, with the one closest to Edinburgh listed first.
- Apple Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Fredericksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McQuaid ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McQuaid is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuaid
- Wooster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Orrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Mount Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Madisonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madisonburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Holmesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edinburgh. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edinburgh.
Newspapers Published in Edinburgh ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edinburgh.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edinburgh, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edinburgh.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Edinburgh:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas 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 Edinburgh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Edinburgh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |