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 Paradise (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 Paradise. 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.
Paradise is located in 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 Paradise. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paradise:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Paradise)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- East Lewistown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- North Lima
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boardman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- New Middletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Struthers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Hazelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Ellsworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Augusta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Watheys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Wattsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Columbiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Waterford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- East Palestine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Rogers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Coleman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Irondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Cream City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Augerburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Campbellsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Drakesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Garrettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Minerva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Belfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Maplewood Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Churchill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Girard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Klines Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Niles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sodom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Hubbard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Coalburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Lordstown
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Cannelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Homewood
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellwood City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Esther ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Mayfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Mayfield is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Frisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Dawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Butler County (PA)
- Portersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Bessemer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- S.N.P.J
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Bedford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Edinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Enon Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Moravia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Mahoningtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Nashua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- West Middlesex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Newell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Fairhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paradise, see our County-by-County Page for Paradise.
Cemeteries Near Paradise ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paradise.
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 Paradise - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paradise covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Paradise Reformed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Paradise Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Midway Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Lima Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calla Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stouffer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paulin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boardman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (462 more) ...
- Canfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evangeline Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Paradise in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paradise.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- New Buffalo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- East Lewistown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- North Lima
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- Greenford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Boardman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washingtonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- New Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Middletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Struthers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paradise. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paradise.
Newspapers Published in Paradise ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paradise.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paradise, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paradise.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Paradise:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Paradise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paradise) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |