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 Farmdale (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 Farmdale. 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 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.
Farmdale 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 Farmdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmdale:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Farmdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Kinsman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barclay
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Gustavus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Superior ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Burghill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Greene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Orangeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Fowler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Cortland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Stanhope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Simons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Colebrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Dodgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Orwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Dorset
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Roaming Shores
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(19 miles [30.6 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 Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Huntsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Middlefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Montville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Burton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Claridon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Welshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Thompson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Youngstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Campbell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- West Austintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Cornersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Struthers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Poland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Mahoning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Wayland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Espyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Linesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Conneaut Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Erie County (PA)
- Pennside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- New Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Robinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Volant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shenango
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Osgood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Kennard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Leechs Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Grove City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sharpsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hermitage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 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 Farmdale, see our County-by-County Page for Farmdale.
Cemeteries Near Farmdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmdale.
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 Farmdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- New Kinsman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Gustavus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Logan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Gustavus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Southside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brockway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Giddings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hayes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hayes Cemetery is located
- The Hayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burghill Cemetery
- Burghill - Hayes Cemetery
- Continue List (363 more) ...
- Roberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Greene Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Farmdale had a population of 163 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmdale, with the one closest to Farmdale listed first.
- Kinsman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barclay
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Superior ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Gustavus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Stanhope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Latimer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Latimer is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Burghill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cornelion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelion
- Williamsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Wick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Simons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farmdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmdale.
Newspapers Published in Farmdale ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farmdale, 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 Farmdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Farmdale:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York 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 Farmdale, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farmdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |