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 Freedom Dam (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 Freedom Dam. 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.
Freedom Dam is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Stark, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Freedom Dam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freedom Dam:
- Portage County (The home county of Freedom Dam)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Evergreen Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Doolittles Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Camelot Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mantua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Brady Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Pine Gate Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Drakesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Glenwillow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Solon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Bentleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Chagrin Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Moreland Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walton Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Hunting Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- North Randall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Auburn Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bainbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- South Russell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Parkman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Burton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aquilla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- East Claridon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Chardon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Pecks Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Kirtland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Willoughby Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Brentwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Willoughby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Willowick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eastlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Lakeline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Craig Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- North Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Beloit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Sebring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Austintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Patmos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Austintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Hinckley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Granger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Sharon Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wadsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Brunswick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- River Styx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Acme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Medina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- New Baltimore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Limaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Oval City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Alliance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Belfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Hills and Dales
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Canal Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meyers Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Reminderville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Hudson Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Twinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Munroe Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Cuyahoga Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tallmadge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Peninsula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Phalanx
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Newton Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Canal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Delightful
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lordstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Austin Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Mesopotamia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bristolville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freedom Dam, see our County-by-County Page for Freedom Dam.
Cemeteries Near Freedom Dam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freedom Dam.
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 Freedom Dam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freedom Dam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Streetsboro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Mantua.
- The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Graveyard
- Pioneer Trail Cemetery
- Sanford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216242 <2>
- Eastlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cackler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (485 more) ...
- Aurora Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Freedom Dam in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Freedom Dam.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freedom Dam, with the one closest to Freedom Dam listed first.
- Shalersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shalersville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalersville
- Streetsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mantua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Earlville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Ravenna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Darrowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Darrowville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrowville
- Campbellsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Hiram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Metz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Metz is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Charlestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Charlestown is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freedom Dam. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freedom Dam.
Newspapers Published in Freedom Dam ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom Dam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freedom Dam, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freedom Dam.
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 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 Freedom Dam:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freedom Dam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Freedom Dam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |