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 Starrs Corners (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 Starrs Corners. 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 Starrs Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Starrs Corners: Starrs Cors.
- While the name of this community is Starrs Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Starrs Corners may originally have been Starr's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Starrs Corners might be written as Starr Corners.
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 southwest 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 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.
Starrs Corners is located in Mahoning 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 Mahoning County: Columbiana, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, Lawrence (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Starrs Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Starrs Corners:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Starrs Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Boardman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cornersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Canfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Perkins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Lewistown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- North Lima
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Austintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Greenford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Augusta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Watheys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Washingtonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- New Waterford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- East Palestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Coleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Mill Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Rogers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- Parkman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Yale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Windham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Augerburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Drakesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Garrettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Rootstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Alliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Minerva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Churchill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Girard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Maplewood Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Klines Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Niles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sodom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Hubbard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Coalburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Rays Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Lordstown
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Cannelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- New Galilee
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Darlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Homewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Koppel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellwood City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Mayfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Mayfield is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Esther ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Frisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- North Sewickley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Wurtemburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Butler County (PA)
- Portersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Bessemer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- New Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- S.N.P.J
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Edinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Enon Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Wheatland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Hermitage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Newell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Starrs Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Starrs Corners.
Cemeteries Near Starrs Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Starrs Corners.
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 Starrs Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Starrs Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- Cornersburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sharethora Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Paradise Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Canfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Paradise Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boardman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hugh Baird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Haven Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calla Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Lake Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Cemetery
- The Home Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kyle - Price Cemetery
- Mill Creek Park Cemetery
- Old Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283902 <3>
- Smith Corners 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.<4>
While we didn't find Starrs Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Starrs Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Starrs Corners, with the one closest to Starrs Corners listed first.
- New Buffalo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Boardman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cornersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Canfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Calla
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- East Lewistown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- North Lima
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hazelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Austintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Starrs Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Starrs Corners.
Newspapers Published in Starrs Corners ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Starrs Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Starrs Corners, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Starrs Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Starrs Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Hancock County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Starrs Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Starrs Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |