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 Klondike (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 Klondike. 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 hospitals and 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.
Klondike 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 Klondike. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Klondike:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Klondike)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Cortland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wildare
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Mecca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Wilhelm Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilhelm Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm Corner
- Howland Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- Fowler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Bristolville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rays Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Austin Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Leavittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bolindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Colebrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stanhope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Dodgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Simons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Andover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Roaming Shores
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(11 miles [17.7 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 Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Parkman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Welshfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Auburn Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Montville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Aquilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- 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
- Chardon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- North Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Youngstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Hazelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Craig Beach
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Mahoning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hiram
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wayland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Drakesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Diamond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Lloyd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Keans ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Augerburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Mantua
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Stark County
- Limaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Adamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Espyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Pymatuning North
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Linesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conneaut Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Robinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Nashua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- New Wilmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Volant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Clark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shenango
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Osgood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Carbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Klondike, see our County-by-County Page for Klondike.
Cemeteries Near Klondike ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Klondike.
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 Klondike - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Klondike covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- All Souls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McMurray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bazetta Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Casterline Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Christian Disciple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Champion Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Mecca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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.
- East Mecca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- West Mecca Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ewalt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Klondike in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Klondike.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Klondike, with the one closest to Klondike listed first.
- Cortland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wildare
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Champion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Mecca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- West Mecca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mecca
- Spokane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spokane is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- State Road
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- State Road is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fowler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Oakfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakfield is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Bristolville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Leavittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nutwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- North Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bristol is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Klondike. See our List of 1890's Communities around Klondike.
Newspapers Published in Klondike ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Klondike.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Klondike, 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 Klondike.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Klondike:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark 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> | 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 Klondike, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Klondike) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |