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 Fourmile Run (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 Fourmile Run. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Fourmile Run 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 Fourmile Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fourmile Run:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Fourmile Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Perkins Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Mineral Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Austintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Youngstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cornersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Hazelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Canfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Boardman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Struthers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Stanhope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Wick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- 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 Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Washingtonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- New Waterford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Unity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Teegarden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- East Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- State Line ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Lisbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Diamond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Lloyd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Keans ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Palmyra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Windham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mahoning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Yale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Garrettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Drakesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Campbellsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Hiram
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Alliance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- New Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- 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 northeast)
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Klines Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Bolindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Sodom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Maplewood Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Hubbard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rays Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Coalburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Cannelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Koppel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- North Sewickley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Wurtemburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Turner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Pymatuning South
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(30 miles [48.3 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 Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- New Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Bessemer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- New Wilmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West New Castle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Clark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(18 miles [29 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
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- 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 Fourmile Run, see our County-by-County Page for Fourmile Run.
Cemeteries Near Fourmile Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fourmile Run.
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 Fourmile Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fourmile Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Disciple Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Four Mile Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cotton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lanterman Motherman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Welsh Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brunsteter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Welsh Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Cemetery
- The Home Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kyle - Price Cemetery
- Mill Creek Park Cemetery
- Old Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283902 <2>
- Continue List (431 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tod Homestead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tod Homestead Cemetery
- The Tod Homestead Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rodef Sholom Cemetery
- Youngstown Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43752 <2>
- Anshe Emeth 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 Fourmile Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fourmile Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fourmile Run, with the one closest to Fourmile Run listed first.
- Austintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Austintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Brier Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Girard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Youngstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Churchill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- North Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Canfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hazelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Sodom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Boardman
(7 miles [11.3 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 Fourmile Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fourmile Run.
Newspapers Published in Fourmile Run ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fourmile Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fourmile Run, 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 Fourmile Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Fourmile Run:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull 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> | 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 Fourmile Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Fourmile Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |