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 Fitch (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 Fitch. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Fitch is located in Mahoning 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 Mahoning County: Columbiana, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, Lawrence (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Fitch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fitch:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Fitch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Campbell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lowellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Youngstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boardman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Middletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Perkins Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- North Lima
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austintown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Stanhope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Unity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Columbiana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Waterford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Washingtonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Franklin Square
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Diamond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Maplewood Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Hubbard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coalburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Churchill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Masury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Klines Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Sodom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- West Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Girard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Paynes Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- McDonald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- New Galilee
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Cannelton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Ellwood City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Koppel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Homewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- North Sewickley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Thompson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Wurtemburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Lillyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Butler County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Portersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slippery Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Forestville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Harrisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bovard is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Branchton is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Hallston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hallston is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zelienople
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitestown is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestown
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Pymatuning South
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Adamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- New Bedford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Hillsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Nashua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- New Wilmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Castle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Wheatland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Middlesex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farrell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grove City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Carbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Hermitage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Venango County (PA)
- Barkeyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Fitch, see our County-by-County Page for Fitch.
Cemeteries Near Fitch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fitch.
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 Fitch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fitch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Temple Emanuel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pioneer Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Villa Maria Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lowellville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lowellville.
- The Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713826 <2>
- Continue List (397 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poland Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poland Center Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Poland.
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 Fitch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fitch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fitch, with the one closest to Fitch listed first.
- Villa Maria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Maria is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Maria
- New Bedford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Lowellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Robinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hazelton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Doughton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Doughton is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doughton
- Youngstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Hillsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Brier Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Boardman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fitch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fitch.
Newspapers Published in Fitch ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fitch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fitch, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fitch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Fitch:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Portage County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango 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> | 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. |
| <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 Fitch, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fitch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |