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 Orangeville (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 Orangeville. 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.
Orangeville 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 Orangeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orangeville:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Orangeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Burghill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Weldon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Yankee Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Brookfield Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- West Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Fowler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Masury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paynes Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Kinsman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Stanhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Williamsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Colebrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Andover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Andover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Dodgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Orwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Richmond Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Dorset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Parkman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Youngstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Mineral Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Lowellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- West Austintown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Boardman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Poland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Mahoning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garrettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Lloyd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Wayland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Butler County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Harrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slippery Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Westford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Hartstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Espyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Conneaut Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Linesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- New Bedford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Wilmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Volant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Bessemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- New Castle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Sharpsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grove City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shenango
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Farrell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hermitage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kremis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Osgood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Venango County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Henderson Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Barkeyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orangeville, see our County-by-County Page for Orangeville.
Cemeteries Near Orangeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orangeville.
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 Orangeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orangeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Orangeville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hartford Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reichard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hayes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hayes Cemetery is located
- The Hayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burghill Cemetery
- Burghill - Hayes Cemetery
- West Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Artherholt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Side Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
- The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Byerly Family Cemetery
- Brockway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (374 more) ...
- Giddings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dugan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Orangeville had a population of 515 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Orangeville had a population of 173 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orangeville, with the one closest to Orangeville listed first.
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Burghill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brockway ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brockway is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Weldon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Latimer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Nutwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Sharpsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Transfer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Grove City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fowler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orangeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orangeville.
Newspapers Published in Orangeville ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orangeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orangeville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orangeville.
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 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 Orangeville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 Orangeville, 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- Orangeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |