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 Cumberland (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 Cumberland. 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 Cumberland is located in 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 New Cumberland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Cumberland:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of New Cumberland)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Somerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Mineral City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zoarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Roswell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Barnhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Zoar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Midvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Dennison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Uhrichsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heritage Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Holloway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Flushing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Atwood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Queensboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dellroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Valleyview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Leesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- New Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Malvern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Pekin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- East Rochester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Kensington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Summitville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Salineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hanoverton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Reading
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Adair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- North Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Salisbury is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salisbury
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- New Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chili
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Londonderry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Odell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Antrim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Winterset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Kimbolton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Bowerston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Conotton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Feed Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Tappan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Scio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Jewett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Germano
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Apex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Apex is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Cadiz Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cadiz Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Junction
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Farmerstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Charm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Amsterdam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cream City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Irondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Osage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Alliance Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Westville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Damascus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sebring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waynesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Industry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Lake Sherman Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Minerva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gambrinus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Navarre Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Navarre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Greensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Comet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Myersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Cumberland, see our County-by-County Page for New Cumberland.
Cemeteries Near New Cumberland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Cumberland.
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 Cumberland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Cumberland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holmes Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Somerdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lindentree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roxford Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sherrodsville Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrodsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (689 more) ...
- Roby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heitz 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Cumberland had a population of 132 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Cumberland, with the one closest to New Cumberland listed first.
- Atwood ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Somerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Leavittsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Dellroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valley Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Reeds Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- Barnhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Leesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Tabor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tabor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Sandyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- New Hagerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Hagerstown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hagerstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Cumberland. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Cumberland.
Newspapers Published in New Cumberland ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Cumberland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Cumberland, 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 New Cumberland.
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 New Cumberland:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Wayne 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 Cumberland, 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 Cumberland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |