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 Evansville (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 Evansville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Evansville 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 Evansville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evansville:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Evansville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Niles
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Bolindale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Churchill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Klines Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Rays Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Sodom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Howland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Stanhope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Simons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Dodgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Washingtonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- New Waterford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Unity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Teegarden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- East Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- State Line ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Parkman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Austintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Perkins Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- North Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Youngstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Lloyd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Wayland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Yale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Garrettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Augerburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Campbellsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Limaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Cannelton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Big Beaver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- New Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Hillsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Bessemer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- New Wilmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Mahoningtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Clark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evansville, see our County-by-County Page for Evansville.
Cemeteries Near Evansville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evansville.
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 Evansville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Kerrs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ohl Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Welsh Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Four Mile Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Welsh Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Niles Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Soaptown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cotton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Disciple Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Girard Liberty Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brunsteter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Lanterman Motherman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Evansville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evansville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Niles
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Austintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Girard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Brier Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Churchill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- North Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Lordstown
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Youngstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evansville.
Newspapers Published in Evansville ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evansville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evansville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evansville.
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 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 Evansville:
- 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
- Beaver County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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 Evansville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Evansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |