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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 North Lawrence (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 North Lawrence. 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 North Lawrence ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Lawrence: N. Lawrence

You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Lawrence. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Lawrence.

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 southwest 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 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.

North Lawrence is located in Stark 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 Stark County: Carroll, Columbiana, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Tuscarawas & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near North Lawrence. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Lawrence:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Lawrence, see our County-by-County Page for North Lawrence.

Cemeteries Near North Lawrence ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Lawrence.

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 North Lawrence - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Lawrence covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Lawrence, with the one closest to North Lawrence listed first.

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 North Lawrence had a population of 837 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from North Lawrence, with the one closest to North Lawrence listed first.

  • Summit ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Summit is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • East Greenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • East Greenville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
  • Sippo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Newman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Newman is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
  • Pauls ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pauls is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
  • Burton City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Burton City is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
  • Dalton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • West Brookfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • West Brookfield is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
  • Crystal Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Canal Fulton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Clinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • McQuaid ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • McQuaid is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuaid
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Lawrence. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Lawrence.

Newspapers Published in North Lawrence ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Lawrence.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Lawrence, 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 North Lawrence.

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 helpful 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 North Lawrence:

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 North Lawrence, 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- North Lawrence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.