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 Gavers (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 Gavers. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Gavers is located in Columbiana 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 Columbiana County: Carroll, Jefferson, Mahoning, Stark, Beaver (PA), Lawrence (PA) & Hancock (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Gavers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gavers:
- Columbiana County (The home county of Gavers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Summitville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Millport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- West Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Lisbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coleman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Salineville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Hanoverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Teegarden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Salisbury is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salisbury
- Kensington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenmoor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glenmoor is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmoor
- Adair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Mechanicstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Watheys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Wyncrest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Hibbetts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Pekin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Carrollton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Harrisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Malvern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Valleyview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Dellroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leavittsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Apex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Apex is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Germano
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Cadiz Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cadiz Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Junction
- Jewett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hopedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Conotton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Bowerston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Narva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Narva is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narva
- Unionvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Unionvale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionvale
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Cream City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Irondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Bergholz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Somerset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Stratton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Osage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Empire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Knoxville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Amsterdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Island Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Island Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Toronto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Damascus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- East Lewistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Beloit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- North Lima
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sebring
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Patmos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Alliance Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- New Middletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Diamond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Minerva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- East Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- East Sparta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Industry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Oval City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Mineral City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Somerdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Allegheny County (PA)
- Murdocksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Murdocksville is located in Allegheny County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdocksville
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glasgow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glasgow is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Esther ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Cannelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Hookstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Midland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ohioville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ohioville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Industry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shippingport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shippingport is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippingport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Kendall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Darlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dawson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Comettsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Comettsburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comettsburg
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Enon Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- S.N.P.J
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Bessemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Beaver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Hillsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Mount Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- East Moravia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Robinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Wampum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoningtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Ellport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Washington County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Paris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paris is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Dinsmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dinsmore is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Hanlin Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin Station is located in Washington County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin Station
- Brooke County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
- Follansbee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooverson Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Newell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Fairhaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- New Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
- New Cumberland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
- Weirton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gavers, see our County-by-County Page for Gavers.
Cemeteries Near Gavers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gavers.
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 Gavers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gavers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Morgan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wayne Twp. Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Beaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gaskill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frost Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (516 more) ...
- Bethesda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gavers had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gavers, with the one closest to Gavers listed first.
- Dungannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dungannon is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Millport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- West Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Salineville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Elkton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elkton is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Coleman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Hanoverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Norristown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Norristown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- New Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Salisbury is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salisbury
- New Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Garden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- Kensington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Teegarden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Mechanicstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winona is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gavers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gavers.
Newspapers Published in Gavers ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gavers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gavers, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gavers.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Gavers:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Columbiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Harrison County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Allegheny County
- Beaver County
- Lawrence County
- Washington County
- Brooke County
- Hancock 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> | 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 Gavers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Gavers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |