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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lawrenceville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lawrenceville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lawrenceville, please Contact Us.
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 Lawrenceville (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 Lawrenceville. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Lawrenceville is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Lawrenceville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawrenceville:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Lawrenceville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Bolivar
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zoar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Heritage Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Somerdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Philadelphia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Roswell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Atwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Malvern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dellroy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Leavittsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Hibbetts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Pekin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Leesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Carrollton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest
(19 miles [30.6 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 Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- East Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- 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
- Reading
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Kensington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Adair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Hanoverton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Georgetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Summitville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- New Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Bowerston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Conotton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Feed Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Scio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Germano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Jewett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Mount Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Charm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Killbuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Bergholz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Amsterdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Beloit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Medina County
- Wadsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Mishler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- 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 Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Lake Sherman Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fohl Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Navarre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- North Industry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Beach City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gambrinus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Justus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Waynesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brewster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Comet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Myersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- New Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Lakemore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Portage Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- North Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Barberton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Akron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Mogadore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thomastown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- East Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Apple Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Doylestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Smithville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Boys Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lawrenceville, see our County-by-County Page for Lawrenceville.
Cemeteries Near Lawrenceville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawrenceville.
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 Lawrenceville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lawrenceville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ft. Laurens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bolivar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Cemetery
- The Bolivar Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Cemetery
- Lawrence Twp. Cemetery
- Kline Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Henline Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Zutavern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zoar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shepler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Church Cemetery
- The Sherman Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sherman Cemetery
- Continue List (687 more) ...
- Blough Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Church of God Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church of God Cemetery
- The Church of God Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stump Cemetery
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.
While we didn't find Lawrenceville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lawrenceville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Bolivar
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zoar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Howenstine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howenstine is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howenstine
- Navarre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Somerdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- North Industry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reeds Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gambrinus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Justus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lawrenceville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawrenceville.
Newspapers Published in Lawrenceville ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawrenceville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawrenceville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lawrenceville.
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 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 Lawrenceville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lawrenceville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawrenceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |