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 Knaufville (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 Knaufville. 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 and hospitals 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.
Knaufville 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 Knaufville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knaufville:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Knaufville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Ellsworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hickory Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Patmos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Cornersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- East Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Lima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Augusta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Mechanicstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Watheys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Hibbetts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Wyncrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leetonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Columbiana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Coleman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- North Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Waterford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Adair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Reading
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- Parkman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Irondale
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Lloyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Keans ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Diamond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Mahoning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Campbellsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Drakesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Rootstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Alliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Minerva
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oval City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- East Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summit County
- Mogadore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Lordstown
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Niles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Girard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Churchill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Klines Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Maplewood Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Sodom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Newton Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Canal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Cannelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Glasgow
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Homewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Koppel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ohioville
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Ellwood City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dawson
(29 miles [46.7 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 Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Bessemer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- S.N.P.J
(17 miles [27.4 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
- 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
- Edinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Enon Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- East Moravia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Wheatland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(23 miles [37 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
- Hermitage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Newell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knaufville, see our County-by-County Page for Knaufville.
Cemeteries Near Knaufville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knaufville.
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 Knaufville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knaufville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Dutch Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calla Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dean Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ellsworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Geeburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evangeline Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Canfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (493 more) ...
- Paradise Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covenanter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Haven Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Knaufville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knaufville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knaufville, with the one closest to Knaufville listed first.
- Calla
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- Ellsworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Greenford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Patmos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- New Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Rosemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Washingtonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Cornersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Berlin Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knaufville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knaufville.
Newspapers Published in Knaufville ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knaufville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knaufville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knaufville.
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 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 Knaufville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Jefferson County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit 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> | 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 Knaufville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Knaufville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |