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 Elms Acres (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 Elms Acres. 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 Elms Acres ...
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.
While the name of this community is Elms Acres, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Elms Acres may originally have been Elm's Acres.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Elms Acres might be written as Elm Acres.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Elms Acres is located in Stark 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 Stark County: Carroll, Columbiana, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Elms Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elms Acres:
- Stark County (The home county of Elms Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Rolling Hills Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Brookfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Sippo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- East Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Mayflower Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Forty Corners Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Lawrence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westarado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Massillon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brewster
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Navarre Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Canal Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Justus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Rowsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Redhaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Malvern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pekin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Atwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Dellroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Harrisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Valleyview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Hibbetts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Queensboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Wyncrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Carrollton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Chambersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- East Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- New Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chili
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Mount Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holmesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Killbuck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Wadsworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acme
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Seville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Poe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Westfield Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Youngs Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Gloria Glens Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Granger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Chippewa Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Friendsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Mishler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rootstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Comet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Greensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Myersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Barberton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Norton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lakemore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- East Akron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- North Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Bolivar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zoar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Parral
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Heritage Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Mineral City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Shanesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sugarcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Somerdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Dalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burton City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Mount Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Apple Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Doylestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Weilersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Rittman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boys Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elms Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Elms Acres.
Cemeteries Near Elms Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elms Acres.
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 Elms Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elms Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- St. Johns Sixteen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Barbaras Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Brookfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Greenville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kurtz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Myers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clapper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stanwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (677 more) ...
- Newman Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Elms Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elms Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elms Acres, with the one closest to Elms Acres listed first.
- Sippo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- West Brookfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- East Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Newman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newman is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Summit ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Pigeon Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- North Lawrence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Massillon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Pauls ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pauls is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
- Dalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Justus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre
(6 miles [9.7 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 Elms Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elms Acres.
Newspapers Published in Elms Acres ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elms Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elms Acres, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elms Acres.
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 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 Elms Acres:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Holmes County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Elms Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elms Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |