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 Leesville Hills (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 Leesville Hills. 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 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.
Leesville Hills is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Stark & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Leesville Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leesville Hills:
- Carroll County (The home county of Leesville Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Leesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leavittsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Queensboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dellroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Atwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Valleyview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Wyncrest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Hibbetts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wattsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Holloway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Flushing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Lafferty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Oco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Bannock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsman is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman
- Hendrysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Morristown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Blainesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blainesville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainesville
- Crescent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Barton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Salineville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summitville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Kensington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Chambersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Hanoverton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- New Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Salisbury is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salisbury
- Adair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Glasgow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Londonderry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Antrim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Odell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fairview has also been known as:
- Fairview village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
- Winterset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Middlebourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Kimbolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brady ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Bowerston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Conotton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Scio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Tappan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Feed Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Deersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Jewett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Germano
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Apex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Apex is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Holmes County
- Farmerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Amsterdam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Adena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osage
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Cream City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Irondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- New Somerset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Wintersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Smithfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 786 people
- Fernwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fernwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Magnolia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minerva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Industry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Lake Sherman Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Beach City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gambrinus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Dennison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Uhrichsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Midvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Somerdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Stillwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tuscarawas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Mineral City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zoarville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- New Philadelphia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brooke County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- New Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Weirton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Zalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leesville Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Leesville Hills.
Cemeteries Near Leesville Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leesville Hills.
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 Leesville Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leesville Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- New Hagerstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Longview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Palermo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tunnel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leavittsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Conotton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conotton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Conotton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40377 <2>
- Price - Rollins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (629 more) ...
- Hagey Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Perrysville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Perrysville Cemetery
- The New Perrysville Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Perrysville United Methodist Cemetery
- Perrysville United Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysville United Methodist Cemetery
- The Perrysville United Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perrysville Cemetery
- Perrysville EUB Cemetery
- Perrysville United Brethren 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.<3>
While we didn't find Leesville Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leesville Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leesville Hills, with the one closest to Leesville Hills listed first.
- New Hagerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Hagerstown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hagerstown
- Leesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Bowerston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Palermo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Palermo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Conotton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Leavittsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tabor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tabor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Tappan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Atwood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- New Rumley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kilgore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kilgore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- New Cumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Cumberland is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
- Dennison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leesville Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leesville Hills.
Newspapers Published in Leesville Hills ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leesville Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leesville Hills, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leesville Hills.
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 Leesville Hills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Columbiana County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Brooke 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> | 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 Leesville Hills, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leesville Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |