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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 Glens Cottage Area (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 Glens Cottage Area. 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 Glens Cottage Area ...

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.

While the name of this community is Glens Cottage Area, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Glens Cottage Area may originally have been Glen's Cottage Area.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Glens Cottage Area might be written as Glen Cottage Area.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Glens Cottage Area. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Glens Cottage Area.

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 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.

Glens Cottage Area is located in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.

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

  • Tuscarawas County     (The home county of Glens Cottage Area)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Somerdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
    • Roswell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Mineral City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Zoarville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
    • Barnhill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Midvale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
    • Dennison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Uhrichsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New Philadelphia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Zoar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Zoar is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zoar <2>
    • Dover
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Dover is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,693 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
    • Heritage Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Belmont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Holloway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Holloway is located in Belmont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Rock Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
    • Flushing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Atwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
    • Queensboro
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Queensboro is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
    • Sherrodsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Leavittsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
    • Dellroy
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Valleyview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Valleyview is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
    • Leesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Leesville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
    • New Harrisburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
    • Carrollton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hibbetts
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
    • Malvern
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Wyncrest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
    • Pekin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pekin is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
  • Columbiana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • East Rochester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Chambersburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
    • Kensington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Summitville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Summitville is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Salineville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hanoverton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Millport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Millport is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
    • New Alexander
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
    • Reading
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Reading is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
    • Adair
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Adair is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
    • North Georgetown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • New Salisbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • New Salisbury is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salisbury
    • Coleman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Coleman is located in Columbiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
  • Coshocton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • New Bedford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Fresno
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fresno is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
    • Chili
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Chili is located in Coshocton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
    • West Lafayette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Guernsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Birmingham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
      • Former names for Birmingham:
      • Milnersville
      • New Birmingham
    • Londonderry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
    • Odell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Odell is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
    • Antrim
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Antrim is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
    • Winterset
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Winterset is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
    • Kimbolton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Bowerston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Station Fifteen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
    • Conotton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Conotton is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
    • Feed Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
    • Tappan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Tappan is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
    • Scio
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Scio is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scio <2>
    • Deersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Deersville is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Hattonia ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hattonia is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
    • Jewett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Germano
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Germano is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
    • Enfield ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Enfield is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
    • Apex
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Apex is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Cadiz Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cadiz Junction is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Junction
  • Holmes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Farmerstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
    • Charm
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Berlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Mount Hope
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Benton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Benton is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Amsterdam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bergholz
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Richmond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bloomingdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Irondale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
    • Cream City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cream City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
    • New Somerset
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • New Somerset is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
    • Osage
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Osage is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
    • Adena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Adena is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adena <2>
  • Mahoning County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Maple Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Alliance Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
    • Westville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Westville is located in Mahoning County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Damascus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sebring
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Magnolia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Waynesburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • East Sparta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • North Industry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fohl Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fohl Village is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
    • Lake Sherman Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Sherman Village is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sherman Village
    • Minerva
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Canton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Beach City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Gambrinus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Gambrinus is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
    • Navarre
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Canton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Navarre Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Navarre Village is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Greensburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Greensburg is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
    • Comet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Comet is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glens Cottage Area, with the one closest to Glens Cottage Area listed first.
    • Mount Eaton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dalton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glens Cottage Area, see our County-by-County Page for Glens Cottage Area.

Cemeteries Near Glens Cottage Area ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glens Cottage Area.

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 Glens Cottage Area - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

While we didn't find Glens Cottage Area in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glens Cottage Area.

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

  • New Cumberland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • New Cumberland is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
  • Atwood ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Atwood is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
  • Leavittsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
  • Dellroy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Leesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leesville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Somerdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
  • Palermo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Palermo is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
  • Tabor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tabor is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
  • Barnhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
  • Midvale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
  • Bowerston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Hagerstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • New Hagerstown is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hagerstown
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Valley Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
    • Reeds Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
    • New Philadelphia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Glens Cottage Area ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glens Cottage Area.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glens Cottage Area, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glens Cottage Area.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Glens Cottage Area:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Glens Cottage Area, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Glens Cottage Area) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.