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 Kidron (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 Kidron. 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 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.
Kidron is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Kidron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kidron:
- Wayne County (The home county of Kidron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Burton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Orrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Marshallville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boys Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wooster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Rowsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Jeromesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Redhaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Loudonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McKay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Albion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Hayesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Polk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Perrysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Malvern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- New Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Layland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Chili
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Metham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Canal Lewisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Holmesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Charm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Miley Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Killbuck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Knox County
- Gann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Acme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Seville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wadsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- River Styx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Friendsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Westfield Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Gloria Glens Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <1>
- Poe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Sharon Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lodi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Medina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Mishler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Brewster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Justus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Wilmot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- West Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Westarado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Mayflower Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Navarre Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Forty Corners Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Greensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Norton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Myersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Paxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Thomastown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Copley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Akron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Dundee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Strasburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Parral
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Heritage Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Zoar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Baltic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Mineral City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kidron, see our County-by-County Page for Kidron.
Cemeteries Near Kidron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kidron.
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 Kidron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kidron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- Kidron Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sonnenberg Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock of Ages Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock of Ages Mennonite Cemetery
- The Rock of Ages Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rock of Ages Church of God In Christ Cemetery
- Red Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethel Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mahlon Gingerich Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hershberger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershberger Cemetery
- The Hershberger Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jacob E. Yoder Farm Cemetery
- Westlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bott Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (673 more) ...
- Rudy S. Yoder Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy S. Yoder Farm Cemetery
- The Rudy S. Yoder Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Simon Yoder Cemetery
- Peter Miller Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Noah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Kidron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kidron.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kidron, with the one closest to Kidron listed first.
- McQuaid ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McQuaid is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuaid
- Mount Eaton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Elton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Summit ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Orrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Burton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Winesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wilmot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kidron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kidron.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kidron ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kidron.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kidron. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kidron and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kidron.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of Kidron.
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 websites either 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 Kidron:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Holmes County
- Knox County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas 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 Kidron, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kidron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |