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 Greene Center (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 Greene Center. 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 Greene Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Greene Center: Greene Ctr. (or less commonly used: Greene Cen., Greene Cent. or Greene Cntr.)
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 and 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.
Greene Center is located in Trumbull 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 Trumbull County: Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Crawford (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Greene Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greene Center:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Greene Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Greene
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Gustavus
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Mecca
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Barclay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Bristolville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wildare
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Kinsman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cortland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mesopotamia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Superior ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Fowler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Colebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Wick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Dodgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- West Williamsfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Rome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Roaming Shores
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- West Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Simons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Huntsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Middlefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Parkman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Montville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- East Claridon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Burton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Welshfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- West Bass Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Auburn Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Chardon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yates Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Perry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Painesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Austintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Youngstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Craig Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Campbell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Canfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Mahoning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Garrettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Mantua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Diamond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Evergreen Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Augerburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Palmyra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Keans ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Turner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Pymatuning South
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hartstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Pymatuning North
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Atlantic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Linesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Conneaut Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- New Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Jamestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shenango
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Osgood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Clark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Leechs Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Hermitage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- 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 Greene Center, see our County-by-County Page for Greene Center.
Cemeteries Near Greene Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greene Center.
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 Greene Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greene Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gunn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunn Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Greene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485197 <2>
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Mecca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Mecca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colebrook South Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deacon Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Mecca Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mecca Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Mecca Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Mecca.
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Old Gustavus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brownwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sager Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Greene Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greene Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greene Center, with the one closest to Greene Center listed first.
- Triumph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Triumph is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
- West Mecca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mecca
- Colebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Oakfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakfield is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Mecca
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Gustavus
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- North Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Bristol is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Spokane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spokane is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- East Orwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Orwell is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orwell
- Bristolville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greene Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greene Center.
Newspapers Published in Greene Center ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greene Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greene Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greene Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Greene Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Greene Center) 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 Greene Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |