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 Specht (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 Specht. 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 and doctors 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.
Specht 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 Specht. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Specht:
- Carroll County (The home county of Specht)
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Watheys
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Augusta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mechanicstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wyncrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Hibbetts
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wattsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Carrollton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- New Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Malvern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dellroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valleyview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Summitville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kensington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Hanoverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Adair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Reading
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Germano
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Germano is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germano
- Apex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Apex is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Scio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bowerston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conotton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Jewett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cadiz Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cadiz Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Junction
- Station Fifteen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Tappan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Hopedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Narva
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Narva is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narva
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Bergholz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amsterdam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Irondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Cream City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- New Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Osage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Sugar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Empire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Island Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Island Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Stratton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Damascus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Westville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Alliance Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beloit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Maple Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Hickory Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Patmos
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Greenford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- East Lewistown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Ellsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Lima
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Lloyd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Mishler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Minerva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- East Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Sparta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Industry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Canton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Gambrinus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gambrinus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambrinus
- Summit County
- Greensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Mineral City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Somerdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Zoarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Roswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Zoar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barnhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Dennison
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Bolivar
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Uhrichsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glasgow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glasgow is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Esther ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Hookstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kendall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Comettsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Comettsburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comettsburg
- Midland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ohioville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ohioville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohioville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Cannelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Frankfort Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Frankfort Springs is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Brooke County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
- Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Newell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chester
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Cumberland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fairhaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Lawrenceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- New Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
- Zalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
- Weirton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Specht, see our County-by-County Page for Specht.
Cemeteries Near Specht ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Specht.
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 Specht - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Specht covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Herrington Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crawford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stuller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Glade Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bird Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Still Fork Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Augusta Christian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Christian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Augusta Christian Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Augusta.
- The Augusta Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Augusta Cemetery
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (565 more) ...
- Corinth - Mechanicstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harsh - Swamp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harsh - Swamp Cemetery
- The Harsh - Swamp Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harsh Cemetery
- Swamp Cemetery
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Specht had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Specht, with the one closest to Specht listed first.
- Watheys
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Pattersonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pattersonville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattersonville
- Augusta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mechanicstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norristown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Norristown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Scroggsfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scroggsfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scroggsfield
- Hibbetts
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Carrollton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Kensington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bayard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bayard is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Millport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Minerva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Specht. See our List of 1890's Communities around Specht.
Newspapers Published in Specht ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Specht.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Specht, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Specht.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Specht:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbiana County
- Harrison County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Beaver 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> | 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 Specht, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Specht) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |