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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Plainsburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Plainsburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plainsburg, 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 Plainsburg (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 Plainsburg. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Plainsburg is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Plainsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plainsburg:
- Stark County (The home county of Plainsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Beach City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wilmot
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brewster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Justus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Lake Sherman Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westarado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Richville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- East Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Mayflower Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Atwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Sherrodsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dellroy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Malvern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Valleyview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Queensboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Leavittsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- 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
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Hibbetts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Pekin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Carrollton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Columbiana County
- East Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Layland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- West Lafayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Canal Lewisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Metham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Coshocton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warsaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Bowerston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Conotton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Tappan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Killbuck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stillwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Wadsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Acme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Seville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Mishler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Comet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Greensburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- New Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Green
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Myersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Portage Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Barberton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lakemore
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- East Akron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- North Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barrs Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Parral
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shanesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Dover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Mineral City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Philadelphia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burton City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- East Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Weilersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Boys Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Smithville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wooster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plainsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Plainsburg.
Cemeteries Near Plainsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plainsburg.
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 Plainsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plainsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Weimer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Beach City.
- The South Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beach City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151491 <3>
- Wilmot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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>
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Welty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- 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]<4> to the northwest of Beach City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44006 <3>
- Hartline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Dietrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (690 more) ...
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stephen Keim Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beidler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beidler Cemetery
- The Beidler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Biedler Cemetery
- Langkamp Cemetery
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 Plainsburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plainsburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plainsburg, with the one closest to Plainsburg listed first.
- Beach City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wilmot
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Justus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Winesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Strasburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trail is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
- Navarre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Barrs Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Winfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Bolivar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plainsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainsburg.
Newspapers Published in Plainsburg ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainsburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plainsburg, 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 Plainsburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Plainsburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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 Plainsburg, 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Plainsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |