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 Park Heights (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 Park Heights. 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 Park Heights ...
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 Park Heights: Park Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Park Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Park Heights.
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 doctors 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.
Park Heights 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 Park Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Park Heights:
- Stark County (The home county of Park Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Justus
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Brewster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beach City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wilmot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Navarre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Navarre Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Westarado
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- East Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Mayflower Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Richville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Ashland County
- Rowsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Malvern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Dellroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Pekin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Leavittsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Hibbetts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Leesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Wyncrest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- East Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Reading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- New Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Layland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- West Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Metham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Bowerston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Conotton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Feed Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Charm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Holmesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Killbuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Glenmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Wadsworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Acme
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Seville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Sharon Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gloria Glens Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Westfield Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <1>
- Friendsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Poe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Youngs Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Mishler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Comet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Greensburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Myersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Portage Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Barberton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Norton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakemore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Thomastown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- East Akron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Parral
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Zoar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Shanesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Zoarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Apple Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Smithville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doylestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boys Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Park Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Park Heights.
Cemeteries Near Park Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park Heights.
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 Park Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Park Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Reed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Welty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Welty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Beach City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44006 <3>
- German Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crossroads Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Union Cemetery
- The Crossroads Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cross Roads Cemetery
- St. James Church At Crossroads Cemetery
- McFarren Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dietrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slutz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- Wilmot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilmot Cemetery is located in Wilmot.
- The Wilmot Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Wilmot Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1995126 <3>
- Weimer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Paul Community Church Cemetery
- St. Paul UCC Cemetery
- Smoketown Reformed Cemetery
- Continue List (692 more) ...
- Baughman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Park Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Park Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Park Heights, with the one closest to Park Heights listed first.
- Justus
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Elton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Wilmot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beach City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- West Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Navarre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Richville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- West Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Sippo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Summit ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Massillon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Park Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park Heights.
Newspapers Published in Park Heights ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Park Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Park Heights, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Park Heights.
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 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 Park Heights:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Park Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Park Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |