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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 Rices Mills (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 Rices Mills. 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 Rices Mills ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Rices Mills: Rices Mls. (or less commonly used: Rices Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Rices Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rices Mills may originally have been Rice's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rices Mills might be written as Rice Mills.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rices Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rices Mills.
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 hospitals 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.
Rices Mills 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 Rices Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rices Mills:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Rices Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Greene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Gustavus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Barclay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Kinsman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bristolville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wildare
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Cortland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Superior ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Mesopotamia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burghill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Colebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Stanhope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Dodgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- West Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Rome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Simons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roaming Shores
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Dorset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Huntsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Middlefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Montville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Parkman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Aquilla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Welshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- West Bass Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Auburn Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Chardon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yates Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Painesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Austintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Youngstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Craig Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Mahoning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Garrettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Windham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Wayland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mantua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Espyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Hartstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Pymatuning North
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Linesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Lynces Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Conneaut Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Tracy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Pennside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- New Bedford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Jamestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Osgood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Shenango
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Kennard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Leechs Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Clark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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 Rices Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Rices Mills.
Cemeteries Near Rices Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rices Mills.
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 Rices Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rices Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gunn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunn Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Greene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485197 <3>
- Colebrook South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Greene Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Gustavus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Gustavus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Colebrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- East Brownville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Mecca Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Mecca Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Rices Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rices Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rices Mills, with the one closest to Rices Mills listed first.
- Triumph
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Triumph is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
- Colebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Gustavus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- South New Lyme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Lyme
- Barclay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Stanhope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- East Orwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Orwell is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orwell
- North Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mecca
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Farmdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmdale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dodgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dewey is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- West Williamsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rices Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rices Mills.
Newspapers Published in Rices Mills ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rices Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rices Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rices Mills.
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 Rices Mills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rices Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Rices Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |