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 Homeworth (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 Homeworth. 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.
Homeworth 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 Homeworth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Homeworth:
- Columbiana County (The home county of Homeworth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Reading
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Chambersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- North Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Alexander
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Hanoverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kensington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Teegarden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Coleman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Millport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Franklin Square
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Pekin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Augusta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Malvern
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Hibbetts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- New Harrisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Mechanicstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wattsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Dellroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Valleyview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Atwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Bowerston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Conotton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Apex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Apex is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Germano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Scio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Bergholz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Amsterdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cream City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- New Somerset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Osage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Alliance Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beloit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patmos
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Hickory Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Ellsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Greenford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Craig Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- East Lewistown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Canfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Yale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Lloyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Mishler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Rootstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Suffield Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Campbellsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Wayland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Augerburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Brimfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Alliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Minerva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Belfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Louisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- East Canton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Oval City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Waynesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Myersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Greensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Lakemore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Mogadore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Springfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Comet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- East Akron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Portage Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Tallmadge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomastown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Akron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Munroe Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- South Canal
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lordstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Hilltop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Niles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Bolindale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Girard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Leavittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Mineral City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Zoar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Roswell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Heritage Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Parral
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Strasburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver County (PA)
- Cannelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Lawrence County (PA)
- S.N.P.J
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Newell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Homeworth, see our County-by-County Page for Homeworth.
Cemeteries Near Homeworth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Homeworth.
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 Homeworth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Homeworth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- Hawkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moultrie Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reading Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairmount Grange Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chambersburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Memorial Park
- The Fairmount Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Fairmount Memorial Cemetery
- Fairmount Childrens Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- Salem Alliance Church Cemetery
- Salem Church Cemetery
- Salem Green Lawn Cemetery
- Salem Greenlawn Cemetery
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (577 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Georgetown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Homeworth had a population of 366 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Homeworth, with the one closest to Homeworth listed first.
- New Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Moultrie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moultrie is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
- McGarry ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McGarry is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarry
- New Alexander
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- North Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Freeburg is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Myers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Myers is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Bayard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Mount Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Union is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Alliance Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maximo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maximo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maximo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Homeworth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Homeworth.
Newspapers Published in Homeworth ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Homeworth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Homeworth, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Homeworth.
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 Homeworth:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Columbiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Franklin County
- Harrison County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Tuscarawas County
- Beaver County
- Lawrence 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 Homeworth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Homeworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |