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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Superior. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Superior to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Superior, please Contact Us.
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 Superior (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 Superior. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Superior is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Superior. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Superior:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Superior)
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Kinsman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burghill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Barclay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hartford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Gustavus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Weldon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Fowler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Yankee Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Mecca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Cortland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Stanhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Williamsfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Colebrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dodgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Orwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dorset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Rowenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Parkman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Middlefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- East Claridon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Welshfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Youngstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mineral Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Perkins Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Austintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Struthers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Lowellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Poland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Windham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Garrettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Espyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Linesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning North
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Conneaut Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Wilmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Volant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Bessemer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West New Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shenango
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Osgood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Sharpsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Leechs Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kashner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Clark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hermitage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Venango County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Henderson Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Superior, see our County-by-County Page for Superior.
Cemeteries Near Superior ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Superior.
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 Superior - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Superior covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Brockway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Giddings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hayes Cemetery is located
- The Hayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burghill Cemetery
- Burghill - Hayes Cemetery
- New Kinsman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reichard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Southside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Gustavus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- West Street Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartford Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Logan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
Superior itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Superior, with the one closest to Superior listed first.
- Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Burghill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kinsman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmdale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Latimer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Latimer is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dewey is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Barclay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Hartford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Cornelion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cornelion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelion
- Nutwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Stanhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gustavus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Fowler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Brockway ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brockway is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Superior. See our List of 1890's Communities around Superior.
Newspapers Published in Superior ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Superior.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Superior, 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 Superior.
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 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 Superior:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Superior, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Superior) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |