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 Stanwood (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 Stanwood. 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.
Stanwood is located in Stark 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 Stark County: Carroll, Columbiana, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Stanwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stanwood:
- Stark County (The home county of Stanwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- East Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Brewster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Sippo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Rolling Hills Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Justus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- North Lawrence
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mayflower Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Forty Corners Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Massillon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Redhaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Jeromesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Malvern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Pekin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Dellroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- New Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Queensboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hibbetts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Leavittsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Wyncrest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Leesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- New Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chili
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Layland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Fresno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holmesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Charm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Killbuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Wadsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Acme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Seville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Sharon Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gloria Glens Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Westfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <1>
- Friendsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Poe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Youngs Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Mishler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Comet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Greensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Norton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Myersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- East Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Lakemore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Dundee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bolivar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Zoar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Heritage Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Shanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mineral City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Dover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Orrville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Apple Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Boys Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stanwood, see our County-by-County Page for Stanwood.
Cemeteries Near Stanwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanwood.
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 Stanwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stanwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- Stanwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sugar Creek Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Lebanon Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McFarren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Sixteen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crossroads Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Union Cemetery
- The Crossroads Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cross Roads Cemetery
- St. James Church At Crossroads Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (682 more) ...
- Baughman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Barbaras Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Stanwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stanwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stanwood, with the one closest to Stanwood listed first.
- West Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Elton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- East Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Summit ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Pigeon Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- Justus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- West Brookfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Sippo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Dalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Eaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Lawrence
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Navarre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Massillon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newman is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- McQuaid ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McQuaid is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuaid
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stanwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stanwood.
Newspapers Published in Stanwood ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stanwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stanwood, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stanwood.
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 Stanwood:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Holmes County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne 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 Stanwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stanwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |