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 Strasburg (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 Strasburg. 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 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.
Strasburg is located in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Strasburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Strasburg:
- Tuscarawas County (The home county of Strasburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Parral
(3 miles [4.8 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bolivar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Zoarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Mineral City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Somerdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Atwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Sherrodsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dellroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Queensboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Valleyview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Leavittsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Malvern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Leesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- New Harrisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Hibbetts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Pekin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Carrollton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- East Rochester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chambersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Reading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chili
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Fresno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Layland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- West Lafayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canal Lewisville is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lewisville
- Coshocton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Metham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Metham is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metham
- White Womans Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Womans Town is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Womans Town
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warsaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Birmingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Birds Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Birds Run is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Run
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Station Fifteen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Bowerston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Conotton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Tappan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Deersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Scio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Farmerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Charm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Holmesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Millersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Killbuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Glenmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Mishler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Beach City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Justus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Sherman Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Navarre Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Richville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- East Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Westarado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Magnolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Industry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Comet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Myersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Portage Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Barberton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakemore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- North Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Norton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Thomastown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Mount Eaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Apple Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- East Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Orrville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshallville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Moreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Smithville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Wooster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Strasburg, see our County-by-County Page for Strasburg.
Cemeteries Near Strasburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strasburg.
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 Strasburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Strasburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Grandview Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Garber Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hartline Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gorsuch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Zutavern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Broad Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dover Burial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruslin Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (696 more) ...
- Kline Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blough Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dundee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Strasburg had a population of 412 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Strasburg had a population of 2,689 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Strasburg, with the one closest to Strasburg listed first.
- Winfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beach City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zoar
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bolivar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Wilmot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Justus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Reeds Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
- Valley Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Shanesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sandyville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Navarre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Strasburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Strasburg.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Strasburg ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strasburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Strasburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Strasburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Strasburg.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> of Strasburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Strasburg:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit 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> | 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 Strasburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Strasburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |