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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lexington. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lexington to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lexington, 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 Lexington (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 Lexington. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Lexington is historic, it would have been located within present day Stark 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 Stark County: Carroll, Columbiana, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Lexington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lexington:
- Stark County (The home county of Lexington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Limaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Belfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Oval City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Minerva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Uniontown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Pekin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Augusta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Malvern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Watheys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Hibbetts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- New Harrisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Wyncrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Mechanicstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Valleyview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Dellroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wattsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Reading
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Adair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- New Alexander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- East Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hanoverton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Kensington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Leetonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Parkman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Hickory Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Craig Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Ellsworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Greenford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- North Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Yale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Keans ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Diamond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Rootstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Wayland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mishler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Augerburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Suffield Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Mogadore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Myersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Lakemore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- North Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Greensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tallmadge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thomastown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Munroe Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Comet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Portage Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- South Canal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Phalanx
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Austin Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Hilltop
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Leavittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Niles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Bolindale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- McDonald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Bolivar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zoar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Zoarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Wayne County
- Doylestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lexington, see our County-by-County Page for Lexington.
Cemeteries Near Lexington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lexington.
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 Lexington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lexington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Lexington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Alliance City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dutch Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williamsport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Alliance Jewish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Science Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (546 more) ...
- North Benton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Atwater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hayden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Lexington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lexington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
- Alliance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Limaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Mount Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Union is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Alliance Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Atwater Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atwater Center is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater Center
- McGarry ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McGarry is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarry
- Snodes
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Snodes is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodes
- North Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Benton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Benton
- Deerfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marlboro is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
- Maximo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maximo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maximo
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Beloit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Keans ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lexington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lexington.
Newspapers Published in Lexington ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lexington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lexington, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lexington.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Lexington:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Tuscarawas 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 Lexington, 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' (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- Lexington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |