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 Geography Hall (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 Geography Hall. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Geography Hall is located in Mahoning 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 Mahoning County: Columbiana, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, Lawrence (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Geography Hall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Geography Hall:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Geography Hall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Campbell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lowellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- New Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Stanhope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Williamsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Colebrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Columbiana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Unity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- New Waterford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Leetonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Rogers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Carmel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- Parkman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Lloyd
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Windham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Yale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Garrettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Maplewood Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Hubbard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coalburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Churchill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Sodom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Masury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Klines Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Girard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Paynes Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- West Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- McDonald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- New Galilee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Cannelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Ellwood City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Koppel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Homewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- North Sewickley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Wurtemburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Lillyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Thompson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Butler County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Portersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slippery Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Harrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Branchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Branchton is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Adamsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Westford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- New Bedford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Robinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Nashua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Bessemer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Wilmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- S.N.P.J
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Middlesex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Farrell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Hermitage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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 Geography Hall, see our County-by-County Page for Geography Hall.
Cemeteries Near Geography Hall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Geography Hall.
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 Geography Hall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Geography Hall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Hope Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pioneer Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Temple Emanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Portersfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Geography Hall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Geography Hall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Geography Hall, with the one closest to Geography Hall listed first.
- Hubbard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hazelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Doughton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Doughton is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doughton
- New Bedford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Youngstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Villa Maria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Maria is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Maria
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lowellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sodom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Churchill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Brier Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coalburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Geography Hall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Geography Hall.
Newspapers Published in Geography Hall ...
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 163 newspapers that have been published in the area around Geography Hall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Geography Hall, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Geography Hall.
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 Geography Hall:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York 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 Geography Hall, 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' (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- Geography Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |