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 Venice Heights (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 Venice Heights. 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 Venice Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Venice Heights: Venice Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Venice Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Venice Heights.
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.
Venice Heights 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 Venice Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Venice Heights:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Venice Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Howland Center
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- Wilhelm Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wilhelm Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm Corner
- Rays Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Bolindale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Vienna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fowler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Girard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Austin Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Stanhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Simons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Dodgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- West Andover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Washingtonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- New Waterford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Unity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- East Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Teegarden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Parkman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Middlefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- East Claridon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Montville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Aquilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- West Austintown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Youngstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Hazelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Campbell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Garrettsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Lloyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Keans ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Drakesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Hiram
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Augerburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Limaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Adamsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Pymatuning Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Atlantic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Espyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Nashua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- S.N.P.J
(25 miles [40.2 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
- West New Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Clark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(26 miles [41.8 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 Venice Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Venice Heights.
Cemeteries Near Venice Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Venice Heights.
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 Venice Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Venice Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Howland Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cadwallader Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pineview Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doud Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ewalt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Niles Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vienna Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (407 more) ...
- Bazetta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Venice Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Venice Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Venice Heights, with the one closest to Venice Heights listed first.
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vienna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Fowler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Girard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paynes Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Nutwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Champion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Mineral Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Churchill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Sodom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wildare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Leavittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lordstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Venice Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Venice Heights.
Newspapers Published in Venice Heights ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Venice Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Venice Heights, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Venice Heights.
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 Venice Heights:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York 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 Venice Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Venice Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |