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 Island (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 Island. 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 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.
Island 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 Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Island:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- East Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Greenford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- North Lima
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Canfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Patmos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- New Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cornersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Poland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Augusta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Watheys
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Wattsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Hibbetts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Malvern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Washingtonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Teegarden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Waterford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Unity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Rogers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Irondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Cream City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- New Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Stratton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bergholz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Empire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Empire is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Sugar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Knoxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Knoxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Osage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Campbellsport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Mahoning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Rootstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Alliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Minerva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- New Baltimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Louisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hartville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oval City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Churchill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Girard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Maplewood Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Klines Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Niles
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sodom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Hubbard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Lordstown
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Coalburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Cannelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Galilee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Big Beaver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Esther ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Homewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Koppel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Georgetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Ohioville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ohioville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Dawson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- S.N.P.J
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Bessemer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Enon Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Robinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Mount Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Edinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- East Moravia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Mahoningtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- New Beaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- 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 Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Wheatland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Grove City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Newell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Fairhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- New Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
- New Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Island, see our County-by-County Page for Island.
Cemeteries Near Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Island.
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 Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Stouffer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Robbins Memorial Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Midway Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Washingtonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Easterly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Columbiana Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbiana Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Columbiana Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Columbiana.
- The Columbiana Cemetery has also been known as:
- Columbia Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #240429 <2>
- Continue List (496 more) ...
- Evangeline Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Island, with the one closest to Island listed first.
- Washingtonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Columbiana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Greenford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Franklin Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Calla
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- North Lima
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Teegarden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Fairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Fairfield is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fairfield
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Waterford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Island.
Newspapers Published in Island ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Island, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Island.
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 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 Island:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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> | 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 Island, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |