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 New Buffalo (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 New Buffalo. 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 and hospitals 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.
New Buffalo 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 New Buffalo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Buffalo:
- Mahoning County (The home county of New Buffalo)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Boardman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- North Lima
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cornersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Struthers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Ellsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hickory Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Austintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Augusta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Watheys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Wattsville
(30 miles [48.3 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 New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Columbiana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Waterford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Teegarden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- East Palestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Rogers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Irondale
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 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 New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Augerburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Drakesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Campbellsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Garrettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Minerva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Belfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Churchill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Girard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- 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
- Maplewood Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Klines Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Niles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sodom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Hubbard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Coalburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Lordstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Cannelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Koppel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Esther ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Homewood
(23 miles [37 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
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Ellwood City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Mayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Mayfield is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Frisco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Dawson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Butler County (PA)
- Portersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Bessemer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- S.N.P.J
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Edinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Pulaski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Enon Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Nashua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Wheatland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Hermitage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Newell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Fairhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Buffalo, see our County-by-County Page for New Buffalo.
Cemeteries Near New Buffalo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Buffalo.
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 New Buffalo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Buffalo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Paradise Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Paradise Reformed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Calla Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Midway Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Lima Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boardman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sharethora Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, New Buffalo had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
- Calla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- East Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- North Lima
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boardman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Washingtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbiana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- New Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Austintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Buffalo. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Buffalo.
Newspapers Published in New Buffalo ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Buffalo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Buffalo, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Buffalo.
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 professional and volunteer 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 New Buffalo:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Butler 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> | 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 New Buffalo, 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 from Point A (ie- New Buffalo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |