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 Rockwood Park (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 Rockwood Park. 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 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.
Rockwood Park is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Stark & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Rockwood Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockwood Park:
- Carroll County (The home county of Rockwood Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Leavittsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Queensboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Dellroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valleyview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Leesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Atwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Carrollton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Harrisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Hibbetts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Watheys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Wattsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Holloway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Flushing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Lafferty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Oco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Kinsman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsman is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman
- Bannock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blainesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blainesville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainesville
- Hendrysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Morristown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Crescent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- East Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Salineville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Kensington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Chambersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Hanoverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- New Salisbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Salisbury is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salisbury
- Adair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Reading
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glasgow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Londonderry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Antrim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Odell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Winterset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Bowerston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conotton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Scio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Tappan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Feed Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Germano
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Jewett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Apex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Apex is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Cadiz Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cadiz Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Junction
- Holmes County
- Farmerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Amsterdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Osage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Cream City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Irondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- New Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Adena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Island Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Island Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Knoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Wintersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smithfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 786 people
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Alliance Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beloit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sparta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minerva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Industry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Lake Sherman Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belfort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gambrinus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Richville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Roswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Dennison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Somerdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Mineral City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Uhrichsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zoarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Tuscarawas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Zoar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- New Philadelphia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brooke County (WV)
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- New Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
- New Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Weirton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockwood Park, see our County-by-County Page for Rockwood Park.
Cemeteries Near Rockwood Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockwood Park.
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 Rockwood Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockwood Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Palermo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seceders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Leavittsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Price - Rollins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McGuire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (625 more) ...
- Leesville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hagerstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hagey Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Rockwood Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockwood Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockwood Park, with the one closest to Rockwood Park listed first.
- Palermo
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Palermo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Leavittsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Tabor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tabor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Leesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- New Hagerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hagerstown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hagerstown
- Dellroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowerston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conotton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Atwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Carrollton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Cumberland is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cumberland
- Scio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Kilgore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kilgore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Harlem Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harlem Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Springs
- New Harrisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockwood Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockwood Park.
Newspapers Published in Rockwood Park ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockwood Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockwood Park, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockwood Park.
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 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 Rockwood Park:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Columbiana County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Brooke 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 Rockwood Park, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rockwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |