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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 Gageville (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 Gageville. 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 doctors 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.

Gageville is located in Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County: Geauga, Lake, Trumbull, Crawford (PA) & Erie (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Gageville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gageville:

  • Ashtabula County     (The home county of Gageville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.
    • Kelloggsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
    • Kingsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • North Kingsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crestlawn Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
    • Edgewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Edgewood is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Parkwood Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Parkwood Village is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
    • Gould
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Gould is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
    • Ashtabula
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Chapel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
    • Conneaut
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Austinburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Geauga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.
    • Thompson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Montville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Montville is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • Huntsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.
    • North Madison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • North Madison is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
    • Madison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • North Perry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • North Perry is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
    • Perry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Trumbull County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.
    • Greene
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Greene is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
    • Gustavus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
    • Barclay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Barclay is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
    • Kinsman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Mesopotamia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Crawford County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.
    • Springboro Station
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Springboro Station is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Station
    • Springboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Conneautville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Pymatuning North
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
    • Dicksonburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
    • Espyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Linesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Pymatuning Central
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
    • Crossingville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Crossingville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
    • Westford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
    • Harmonsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmonsburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonsburg
    • Norrisville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Norrisville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrisville
  • Erie County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.
    • Tracy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
    • Cherry Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
    • Keepville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Keepville is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
    • Pennside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
    • Albion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Albion is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,445 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
    • East Springfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cross
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Platea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Platea is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Girard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Girard is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake City is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Little Elk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Elk is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
  • Mercer County (PA)
    • Jamestown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • York County (PA)
    • Adamsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Gageville, see our County-by-County Page for Gageville.

Cemeteries Near Gageville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gageville.

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 Gageville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gageville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.

  • Gageville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Longview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Longview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kingsville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353235 <2>
  • Lulu Falls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Falls Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Falls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kingsville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41892 <2>
  • Monroe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Old Kingsville Corners Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Griggs Corners Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • East Lake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Reeds Corners Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Greenlawn Memory Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Durkee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Lakeville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (176 more) ...

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, Gageville had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Gageville, with the one closest to Gageville listed first.

  • Kelloggsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
  • Kingsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Plymouth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Bulah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bulah is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulah
  • Monroe Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Monroe Center is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Center
  • Bushnell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bushnell is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
  • North Kingsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Amboy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Amboy is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
  • Gould
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gould is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
  • Riggs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Riggs is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
  • Ashtabula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Chapel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pierpont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pierpont is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
    • Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Harbor is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
    • Munson Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Munson Hill is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson Hill

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gageville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gageville.

Newspapers Published in Gageville ...

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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gageville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gageville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gageville.

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 Gageville:

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 Gageville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gageville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.