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 Stroups (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 Stroups. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Stroups is located in Trumbull 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 Trumbull County: Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Crawford (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Stroups. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stroups:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Stroups)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Farmington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Delightful
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Bristolville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phalanx
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Wildare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Austin Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Mesopotamia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilhelm Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilhelm Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm Corner
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Orwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Colebrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dodgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Hartsgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Rome
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- New Lyme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Stanhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Roaming Shores
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- West Williamsfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- East Trumbull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Rock Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Columbiana County
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Chagrin Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Hunting Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Moreland Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Solon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gates Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- North Solon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Pepper Pike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mayfield Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Parkman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Auburn Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- East Claridon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Aquilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Montville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Yates Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Bainbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Russell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Kirtland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Kirtland Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Waite Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Madison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Craig Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- North Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Perkins Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Ellsworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Canfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Youngstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Mahoning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Garrettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Wayland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mantua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Diamond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Augerburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Lloyd
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Limaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Alliance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Reminderville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Munroe Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Tallmadge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boston Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Northfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- New Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Clark
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shenango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- West Middlesex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Osgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stroups, see our County-by-County Page for Stroups.
Cemeteries Near Stroups ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stroups.
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 Stroups - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stroups covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Maltby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Southington Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reform Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Delightful Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Farmington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kennedy Ledge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Bristol Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Champion Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Norton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<5>
While we didn't find Stroups in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stroups.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stroups, with the one closest to Stroups listed first.
- Southington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Farmington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Delightful
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- State Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- State Road is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road
- West Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bristolville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Champion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Spokane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spokane is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- North Bristol
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Bristol is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wildare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Oakfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakfield is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stroups. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stroups.
Newspapers Published in Stroups ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stroups.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stroups, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stroups.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Stroups:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Farmington and Bristolville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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- Stroups) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Stroups, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |