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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ohlton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ohlton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ohlton, 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 Ohlton (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 Ohlton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Ohlton 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 Ohlton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ohlton:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Ohlton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Austintown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- North Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Youngstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Canfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hazelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Stanhope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Teegarden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Waterford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Coleman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- North Georgetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Parkman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Diamond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mahoning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Yale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Drakesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Garrettsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Campbellsport
(21 miles [33.8 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 Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Bolindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Klines Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Lordstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Rays Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Warren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sodom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Austin Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Cannelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Big Beaver
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Crawford County (PA)
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- New Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Hillsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pulaski
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Bessemer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- S.N.P.J
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Nashua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Mount Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mahoningtown
(23 miles [37 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 Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Wheatland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 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 Ohlton, see our County-by-County Page for Ohlton.
Cemeteries Near Ohlton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ohlton.
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 Ohlton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ohlton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- Brunsteter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ohl Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Welsh Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cotton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lanterman Motherman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Disciple Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Four Mile Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Welsh Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kerrs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Soaptown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (445 more) ...
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Covenanter 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.
While we didn't find Ohlton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ohlton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ohlton, with the one closest to Ohlton listed first.
- West Austintown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mineral Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Brier Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Canfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Youngstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Churchill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ellsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Lordstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ohlton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ohlton.
Newspapers Published in Ohlton ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ohlton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ohlton, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ohlton.
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 Ohlton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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 Ohlton, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ohlton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |