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 Poland Center (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 Poland Center. 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 Poland Center ...
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 Poland Center: Poland Ctr. (or less commonly used: Poland Cen., Poland Cent. or Poland Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Poland Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poland Center.
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 southeast 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 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.
Poland Center 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 Poland Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poland Center:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Poland Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Lowellville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Struthers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- East Lewistown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Perkins Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Canfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Unity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Columbiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Palestine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Waterford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Washingtonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Rogers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- East Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Diamond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Yale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Windham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Alliance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Maplewood Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Hubbard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Coalburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Sodom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Girard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- McDonald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Masury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Brookfield Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Paynes Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Niles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- New Galilee
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Cannelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Ellwood City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Koppel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood
(19 miles [30.6 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
- North Sewickley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Thompson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Frisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- West Mayfield
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Wurtemburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Lillyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Butler County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Portersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Slippery Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zelienople
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Whitestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whitestown is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestown
- Branchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Branchton is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Hallston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hallston is located in Butler County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Harrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Hillsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Bessemer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Bedford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- S.N.P.J
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Mount Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Nashua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Mahoningtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- West New Castle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Middlesex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Clark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Farrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grove City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hermitage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sharpsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Leesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coolspring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Newell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poland Center, see our County-by-County Page for Poland Center.
Cemeteries Near Poland Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poland Center.
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 Poland Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poland Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Poland Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poland Center Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Poland.
- Lowellville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lowellville.
- The Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713826 <2>
- Poland Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poland Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Poland.
- The Poland Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poland Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #693093 <2>
- Poland Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Villa Maria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Poland Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poland Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poland Center, with the one closest to Poland Center listed first.
- Lowellville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Struthers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- New Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Villa Maria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Maria is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Maria
- Boardman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bessemer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Edinburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Bedford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Youngstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poland Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poland Center.
Newspapers Published in Poland Center ...
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 Poland Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poland Center, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poland Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Poland Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbiana County
- Franklin 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> | 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 Poland Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Poland Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |