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 Toots 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 Toots 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 Toots 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 Toots Corners: Toots Cors.
- While the name of this community is Toots Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Toots Corners may originally have been Toot's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Toots Corners might be written as Toot 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Toots 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 Toots Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Toots Corners:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Toots Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Greenford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Hickory Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Patmos
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- East Lewistown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Boardman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- North Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Perkins Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Augusta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Mechanicstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Watheys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Hibbetts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wyncrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Washingtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Teegarden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Coleman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- New Waterford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Adair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- East Palestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- Parkman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Irondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Cream City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Lloyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Keans ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Mahoning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Campbellsport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Drakesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Rootstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Garrettsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Alliance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Limaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Minerva
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Belfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Niles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Girard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lordstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Bolindale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Klines Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Maplewood Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Sodom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Hubbard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Canal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Cannelton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(23 miles [37 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
- Big Beaver
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Esther ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Koppel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Mayfield
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Ellwood City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glasgow is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Bessemer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hillsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- S.N.P.J
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Edinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Enon Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- East Moravia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Mahoningtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Wheatland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Sharpsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Newell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Toots Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Toots Corners.
Cemeteries Near Toots Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toots 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 Toots Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Toots Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Dutch Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Calla Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evangeline Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dean Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ellsworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paradise Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Geeburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Old North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Covenanter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Washingtonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Toots Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Toots Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Toots Corners, with the one closest to Toots Corners listed first.
- Calla
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- Greenford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- New Buffalo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Patmos
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washingtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Lewistown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Rosemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- North Lima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Boardman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Austintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Toots Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toots Corners.
Newspapers Published in Toots 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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toots Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toots Corners, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Toots Corners.
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 Toots Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Jefferson County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver 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> | 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 Toots Corners, 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- Toots Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |