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 (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. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Freedom 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. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freedom:
- Portage County (The home county of Freedom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Drakesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Garrettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mahoning
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hiram
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mantua
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Wayland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Campbellsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Pine Gate Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Orwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Colebrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Dodgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reading
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Washingtonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Glenwillow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Bentleyville
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Solon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Moreland Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Bedford Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley
(21 miles [33.8 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
- North Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(22 miles [35.4 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, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Welshfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Parkman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bainbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Middlefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Burton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- East Claridon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- 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
- Huntsburg
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Kirtland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Waite Hill
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Wickliffe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Craig Beach
(11 miles [17.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Austintown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Ellsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Alliance Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Beloit
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corners
(23 miles [37 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, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Granger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Hinckley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Limaville
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Greentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Louisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Reminderville
(14 miles [22.5 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
(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)
- Stow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Twinsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Munroe Falls
(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
- Tallmadge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Mogadore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Cuyahoga Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Newton Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- South Canal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Delightful
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lordstown
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Farmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 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)
- Bristolville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freedom, see our County-by-County Page for Freedom.
Cemeteries Near Freedom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freedom.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freedom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Drakesburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Freedom West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Charlestown Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Windham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harrington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tinker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (477 more) ...
- Abbot Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor - Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Freedom had a population of 289 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Freedom Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Garrettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shalersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shalersville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalersville
- Charlestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Charlestown is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Windham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mahoning
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Hiram
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mantua
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellsport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McClintocksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McClintocksburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintocksburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Milford is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Edinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Newton Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freedom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freedom.
Newspapers Published in Freedom ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freedom, 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.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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:
- 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> | 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- Freedom) 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |