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 Station (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 Station. 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.
Name Variations for Freedom Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Freedom Station: Freedom Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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 Station 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 Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freedom Station:
- Portage County (The home county of Freedom Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Drakesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Augerburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Evergreen Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wayland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Campbellsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Ravenna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Mantua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Gate Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Hiram
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Doolittles Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Orwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Colebrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Chambersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Washingtonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Franklin Square
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Leetonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Bentleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Glenwillow
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Chagrin Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Bedford Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Walton Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Randall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(21 miles [33.8 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 Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Parkman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Auburn Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bainbridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Middlefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Yates Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- East Claridon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Aquilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Huntsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Chesterland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chardon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Kirtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Waite Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Willoughby Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Craig Beach
(10 miles [16.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Ellsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Mineral Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Patmos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Austintown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beloit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Hickory Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Granger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Limaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Alliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Oval City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- East Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Hudson Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Munroe Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Reminderville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Twinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mogadore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tallmadge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- North Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Boston Heights
(18 miles [29 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
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Cuyahoga Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- South Canal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Delightful
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Lordstown
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Leavittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Austin Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- West Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bolindale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Bristolville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freedom Station, see our County-by-County Page for Freedom Station.
Cemeteries Near Freedom Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freedom Station.
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 Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freedom Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Drakesburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Freedom West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Charlestown Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edinburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Whippoorwill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Garrettsville.
- The Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Garrettsville Park Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Welsh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Freedom Station had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freedom Station, with the one closest to Freedom Station listed first.
- Charlestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Charlestown is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Freedom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Shalersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shalersville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalersville
- Ravenna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mahoning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Garrettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mantua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Milford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Milford is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- McClintocksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McClintocksburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintocksburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hiram
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rootstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freedom Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freedom Station.
Newspapers Published in Freedom Station ...
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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freedom Station, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freedom Station.
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 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 Station:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 Freedom Station, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Freedom Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |