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 Elton (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 Elton. 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 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.
Elton 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 Elton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elton:
- Stark County (The home county of Elton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Brewster
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Justus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- East Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Westarado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Navarre
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Beach City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilmot
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sippo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Massillon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Rowsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Jeromesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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 Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Malvern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Dellroy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Pekin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Queensboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Hibbetts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Leesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Chambersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- East Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chili
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Layland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Bowerston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holmesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Killbuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Wadsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Acme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Seville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Sharon Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Westfield Center
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Friendsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Gloria Glens Park
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Poe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Youngs Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(28 miles [45.1 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 <1>
- Lodi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Mishler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Comet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Portage Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Myersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Barberton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Norton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thomastown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Lakemore
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- North Springfield
(23 miles [37 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 Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Strasburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Zoar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Heritage Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Shanesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale
(17 miles [27.4 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 Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- East Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Weilersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Smithville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Doylestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elton, see our County-by-County Page for Elton.
Cemeteries Near Elton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elton.
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 Elton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- McFarren Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stanwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Union Cemetery
- The Crossroads Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cross Roads Cemetery
- St. James Church At Crossroads Cemetery
- Pigeon Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Creek Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Welty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Welty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Beach City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44006 <3>
- German Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dietrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slutz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (694 more) ...
- Baughman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Elton had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elton, with the one closest to Elton listed first.
- Justus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Pigeon Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- West Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- East Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Summit ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Beach City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Navarre
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Massillon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Newman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newman is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elton.
Newspapers Published in Elton ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elton, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Elton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas 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> | 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- Elton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Elton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |