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 Johnston (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 Johnston. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Johnston 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 Johnston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnston:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Johnston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Somerdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Zoarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Mineral City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roswell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Philadelphia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barnhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Heritage Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Parral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Midvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont County
- Holloway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Atwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dellroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Valleyview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Leavittsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Leesville
(10 miles [16.1 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Carrollton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Malvern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- East Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Kensington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Summitville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Hanoverton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Adair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Millport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Salineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chili
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston 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
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Kimbolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Birds Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Winterset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Bowerston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Conotton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Feed Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Scio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Jewett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Germano
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Farmerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Amsterdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mahoning County
- Maple Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- East Sparta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waynesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Lake Sherman Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Industry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Navarre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gambrinus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Richville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Justus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(15 miles [24.1 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 Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Comet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Myersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Fredericksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Apple Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnston, see our County-by-County Page for Johnston.
Cemeteries Near Johnston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnston.
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 Johnston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Somerdale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bisel Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zoarville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holmes Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridge Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- German Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mineral City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (679 more) ...
- Fourth Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fair Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Ave. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Johnston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnston, with the one closest to Johnston listed first.
- Somerdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Valley Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Reeds Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- New Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Cumberland is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
- New Philadelphia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Sandyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Atwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Dellroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Uhrichsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnston.
Newspapers Published in Johnston ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnston, 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 Johnston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Johnston:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Wayne 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 Johnston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |