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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 Niles Junction (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 Niles Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Niles Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Niles Junction: Niles Jct. (or less commonly used: Niles Jctn.)
- While the name of this community is Niles Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Niles Junction may originally have been Nile's Junction.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Niles Junction might be written as Nile Junction.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Niles Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Niles Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Niles Junction is located in Trumbull 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 Trumbull County: Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Crawford (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Niles Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Niles Junction:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Niles Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Niles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bolindale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Rays Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Austin Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Wilhelm Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wilhelm Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm Corner
- Howland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Stanhope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Dodgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Simons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Hartsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- New Lyme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- North Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Teegarden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Waterford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Coleman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- East Palestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Parkman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Cornersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Canfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Youngstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Craig Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Hazelton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Diamond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Lloyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Keans ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Garrettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Drakesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Augerburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Campbellsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Limaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver County (PA)
- Cannelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pulaski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Hillsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Nashua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Bessemer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- S.N.P.J
(23 miles [37 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
- New Wilmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Oakland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Clark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Niles Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Niles Junction.
Cemeteries Near Niles Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Niles Junction.
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 Niles Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Niles Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Kerrs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Soaptown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ohl Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lordstown Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Welsh Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Niles Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pineview Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Knoll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Knoll Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Warren.
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
- The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- House of Israel Cemetery
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Paltzgroff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCorkle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Niles Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Niles Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Niles Junction, with the one closest to Niles Junction listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Niles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brier Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Churchill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Rosemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cornersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Sodom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Niles Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Niles Junction.
Newspapers Published in Niles Junction ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Niles Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Niles Junction, 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 Niles Junction.
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 Niles Junction:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Beaver County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Niles Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Niles Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |