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 Soaptown (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 Soaptown. 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 Soaptown ...
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.
Another variation: Soap Town.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Soaptown 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 Soaptown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Soaptown:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Soaptown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- McDonald
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Bolindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Girard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Austin Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Leavittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Churchill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Howland Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Colebrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stanhope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Dodgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- North Georgetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Teegarden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Waterford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Reading
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Adair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Coleman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 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 Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Parkman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Austintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- North Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Ellsworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Canfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Craig Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Youngstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hazelton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Lloyd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Windham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keans ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Palmyra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mahoning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Yale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Garrettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Drakesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Campbellsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Limaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summit County
- Mogadore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Cannelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- New Galilee
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Crawford County (PA)
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Bessemer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- New Wilmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West New Castle
(25 miles [40.2 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 Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Clark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Soaptown, see our County-by-County Page for Soaptown.
Cemeteries Near Soaptown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Soaptown.
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 Soaptown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Soaptown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- Soaptown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ohl Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McCorkle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kerrs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Welsh Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Knoll Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Warren.
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
- The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- House of Israel Cemetery
- Brunsteter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (461 more) ...
- Cotton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paltzgroff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Soaptown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Soaptown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Soaptown, with the one closest to Soaptown listed first.
- North Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Mineral Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Rosemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Girard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blanco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blanco is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Leavittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ellsworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Canfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Brier Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Soaptown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Soaptown.
Newspapers Published in Soaptown ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Soaptown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Soaptown, 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 Soaptown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Soaptown:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Beaver County
- Crawford 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 Soaptown, 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- Soaptown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |