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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Newport. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Newport to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Newport, 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 Newport (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 Newport. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Newport is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Newport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newport:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Newport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Campbell
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Struthers
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lowellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Middletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Cornersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- North Lima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Lewistown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Ashtabula County
- Stanhope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Columbiana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- East Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Waterford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Leetonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Franklin Square
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Rogers
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Carmel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Mahoning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Alliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Maplewood Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Hubbard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Coalburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Sodom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Girard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- McDonald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Masury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Brookfield Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Paynes Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- New Galilee
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Cannelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Ellwood City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Koppel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- North Sewickley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Wurtemburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Lillyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Butler County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Portersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Slippery Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Harmony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Harrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zelienople
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Branchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Branchton is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Hallston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hallston is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Whitestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitestown is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestown
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Robinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- New Bedford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Hillsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Mount Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- S.N.P.J
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Oakwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mahoningtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Middlesex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Farrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Sharon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hermitage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newport, see our County-by-County Page for Newport.
Cemeteries Near Newport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newport.
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 Newport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Poland Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poland Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Poland.
- The Poland Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poland Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #693093 <3>
- Poland Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poland Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poland Center Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Poland.
- Lowellville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lowellville.
- The Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713826 <3>
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Temple Emanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (421 more) ...
- Villa Maria Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boardman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell 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 Newport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Struthers
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Poland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Maria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Maria is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Maria
- Hazelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Robinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- New Bedford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Youngstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Middletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newport.
Newspapers Published in Newport ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newport, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newport.
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 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 Newport:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin 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> | 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 Newport, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |