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 South Denmark (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 South Denmark. 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 South Denmark ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Denmark: S. Denmark
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 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.
South Denmark is located in Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County: Geauga, Lake, Trumbull, Crawford (PA) & Erie (PA).
Below are the counties that are near South Denmark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Denmark:
- Ashtabula County (The home county of South Denmark)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Dorset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gould
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gould is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Rowenton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rays Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Richmond Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Eagleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- West Andover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Roaming Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Austinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Andover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Lyme
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Montville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Huntsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Middlefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Bass Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Aquilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Chardon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- North Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Perry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Painesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fairport Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Greene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Gustavus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Barclay
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Kinsman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mecca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Superior ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Mesopotamia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Bristolville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burghill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cortland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Pymatuning North
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Espyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Westford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Conneautville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Springboro Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Springboro Station is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Station
- Dicksonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
- Springboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning South
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Harmonsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harmonsburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonsburg
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Tracy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Pennside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Cherry Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Keepville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Keepville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Albion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cranesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cross
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cross is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Platea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Platea is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Little Elk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Elk is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
- Francis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Francis is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Girard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Girard is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Kennard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leechs Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Shenango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Kashner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 South Denmark, see our County-by-County Page for South Denmark.
Cemeteries Near South Denmark ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Denmark.
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 South Denmark - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Denmark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- South Denmark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Lenox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dorset Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dorset Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Dorset.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40569 <3>
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lenox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Griggs Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Richmond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evergreen North Cemetery
- North Cemetery
- Hickok Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morgan Twp. Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Jefferson.
- Cherry Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Hale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Northeast Rome Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Andover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find South Denmark in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Denmark.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Denmark, with the one closest to South Denmark listed first.
- Dorset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rowenton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Steamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Steamburg is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Gould
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gould is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Bulah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bulah is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulah
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sentinel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sentinel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Leon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leon is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Richmond Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- North Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Richmond is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Richmond
- Pierpont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pierpont is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Cherry Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Eagleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- West Andover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Denmark. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Denmark.
Newspapers Published in South Denmark ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Denmark.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Denmark, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Denmark.
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 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 South Denmark:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ashtabula County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Trumbull County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Mercer County
- York 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Denmark) 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 South Denmark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |