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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 Ekerts Corners (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 Ekerts Corners. 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 Ekerts Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Ekerts Corners: Ekerts Cors.
- While the name of this community is Ekerts Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Ekerts Corners may originally have been Ekert's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ekerts Corners might be written as Ekert Corners.
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 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.
Ekerts Corners is located in Trumbull 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 Trumbull County: Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Crawford (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Ekerts Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ekerts Corners:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Ekerts Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Niles
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bolindale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Rays Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Howland Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- McDonald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Girard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Klines Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Vienna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilhelm Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilhelm Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm Corner
- Churchill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Stanhope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wick
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Simons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Dodgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- West Andover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- New Waterford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Unity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Teegarden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- East Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Coleman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- State Line ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- North Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 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 Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Parkman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Middlefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Auburn Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Youngstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- North Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Campbell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boardman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Mahoning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Lloyd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Keans ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Garrettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Yale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Augerburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Hiram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Limaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Pymatuning South
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Adamsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Pymatuning Central
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- New Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Robinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Nashua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Bessemer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Wilmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- S.N.P.J
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S.N.P.J
- Estimated population in 2019: 19 people
- Mount Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Clark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Ekerts Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Ekerts Corners.
Cemeteries Near Ekerts Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ekerts Corners.
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 Ekerts Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ekerts Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Niles Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pineview Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kerrs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Liberty Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howland Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welsh Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Church Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Vienna Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ewalt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Ekerts Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ekerts Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ekerts Corners, with the one closest to Ekerts Corners listed first.
- Niles
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Girard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Churchill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Vienna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Brier Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Paynes Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coalburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Leavittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lordstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Youngstown
(8 miles [12.9 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 Ekerts Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ekerts Corners.
Newspapers Published in Ekerts Corners ...
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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ekerts Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ekerts Corners, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ekerts Corners.
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 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 Ekerts Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Ekerts Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ekerts Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |