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 Silo (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 Silo. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Silo is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Stark, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Silo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silo:
- Portage County (The home county of Silo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Mantua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camelot Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Evergreen Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Streetsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittles Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Hiram
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Garrettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Drakesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Brady Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Hartsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Orwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- East Trumbull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Trumbull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Bentleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Glenwillow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Chagrin Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Solon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Moreland Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Bedford Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- North Solon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Auburn Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Welshfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Yates Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Parkman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Middlefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- East Claridon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Chardon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Kirtland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Willoughby Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Wickliffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Kirtland Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Willoughby
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Reynolds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Willowick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eastlake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Craig Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- North Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Ellsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Mineral Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sebring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Hinckley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Granger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Sharon Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Brunswick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- New Baltimore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Limaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Uniontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Alliance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- North Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Reminderville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Stow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boston Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Macedonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Emmons Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Northfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Phalanx
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- West Farmington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- South Canal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Delightful
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Newton Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mesopotamia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Leavittsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Austin Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Bristolville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lordstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silo, see our County-by-County Page for Silo.
Cemeteries Near Silo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silo.
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 Silo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Eastlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Mantua.
- The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Graveyard
- Pioneer Trail Cemetery
- Sanford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216242 <3>
- Plainview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fowler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Auburn Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- Henry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McConoughey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Streetsboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Silo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silo, with the one closest to Silo listed first.
- Mantua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Streetsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shalersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shalersville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalersville
- Hiram
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Freedom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Twinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Earlville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Freedom Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Station
- Garrettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Welshfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- South Newbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Newbury is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Ravenna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silo.
Newspapers Published in Silo ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silo, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Silo:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Silo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Silo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |