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 Shiltown (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 Shiltown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Shiltown 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 Shiltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shiltown:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Shiltown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- North Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craig Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Patmos
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Hickory Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mineral Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beloit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Damascus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Pekin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Augusta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Watheys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbetts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Mechanicstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Leetonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Columbiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Adair
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- New Alexander
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Chambersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Coleman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Parkman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Auburn Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Middlefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Mahoning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Campbellsport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Drakesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Rootstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Limaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Louisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hartville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Belfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Oval City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Minerva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- North Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Mogadore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lakemore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Munroe Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Myersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- North Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Tallmadge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Cuyahoga Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Akron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- South Canal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Lordstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Newton Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bolindale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Niles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Leavittsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Warren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Girard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver County (PA)
- Cannelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Hillsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- New Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Bessemer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- S.N.P.J
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- 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
- Edinburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Enon Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Clark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shiltown, see our County-by-County Page for Shiltown.
Cemeteries Near Shiltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shiltown.
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 Shiltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shiltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- North Berlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eckis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- West Berlin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reichert Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mottown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lumberton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Geeburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deerfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Price Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- Covenanter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McCorkle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Shiltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shiltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shiltown, with the one closest to Shiltown listed first.
- Berlin Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Blanco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Ellsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patmos
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Lloyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Keans ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Deerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Benton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Benton
- Pritchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pritchard is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Snodes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snodes is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodes
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shiltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shiltown.
Newspapers Published in Shiltown ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shiltown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shiltown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shiltown.
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 Shiltown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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 Shiltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Shiltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |