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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about New England. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New England to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New England, 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 New England (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 England. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of New England 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 New England. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New England:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of New England)
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Somerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Roswell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- New Philadelphia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Barnhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Midvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Heritage Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Mineral City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zoar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Parral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Old Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Holloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Flushing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Atwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Sherrodsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Queensboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Dellroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Valleyview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Leesville
(10 miles [16.1 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Carrollton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Malvern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Pekin
(19 miles [30.6 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 England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- East Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Kensington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanoverton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Reading
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Summitville
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Millport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- North Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- New Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chili
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- West Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Plainfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coshocton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Birmingham
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Odell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Kimbolton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Antrim
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Birds Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Winterset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Brady ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Bowerston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Conotton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Tappan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Deersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Scio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Freeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jewett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Germano
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Cassville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Farmerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Amsterdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- East Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waynesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Sherman Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beach City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- North Industry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Navarre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Justus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Brewster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Comet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Fredericksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New England, see our County-by-County Page for New England.
Cemeteries Near New England ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New England.
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 England - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New England covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ridge Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bisel Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holmes Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Burial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Schoenbrunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (678 more) ...
- Zoarville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fourth Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dover.
- The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276135 <3>
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 New England in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New England.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New England, with the one closest to New England listed first.
- Reeds Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- New Philadelphia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Barnhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Valley Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Goshen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- New Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Cumberland is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
- Zoar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Tuscarawas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Uhrichsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dennison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Sandyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New England. See our List of 1890's Communities around New England.
Newspapers Published in New England ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around New England.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New England, 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 England.
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 websites either 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 England:
- 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
- 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 New England, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New England) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |