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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wassie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wassie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wassie, 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 Wassie (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 Wassie. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Wassie 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 Wassie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wassie:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Wassie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Bristolville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wildare
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delightful
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Austin Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Phalanx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Mecca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Mesopotamia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Warren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilhelm Corner
(8 miles [12.9 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 Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Orwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Colebrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dodgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Rome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Hartsgrove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- New Lyme
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Stanhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Roaming Shores
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- East Trumbull
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Rock Creek
(21 miles [33.8 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 Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Chagrin Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Solon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gates Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- North Solon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Orange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pepper Pike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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 Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Parkman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- East Claridon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Aquilla
(19 miles [30.6 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 northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Yates Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Chardon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Kirtland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Madison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Cornersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Youngstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hazelton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Campbell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Mahoning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Wayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mantua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Augerburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Evergreen Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Palmyra
(18 miles [29 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 south)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Stark County
- 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
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Reminderville
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- 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
- Espyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(30 miles [48.3 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 Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- New Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Clark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shenango
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Osgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 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 Wassie, see our County-by-County Page for Wassie.
Cemeteries Near Wassie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wassie.
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 Wassie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wassie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- Maltby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- East Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Farmington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Southington Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reform Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Champion Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bristol Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McMurray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Deacon Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
Wassie 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 Wassie, with the one closest to Wassie listed first.
- State Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- State Road is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Road
- Spokane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spokane is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
- Bristolville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delightful
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Champion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Wildare
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Oakfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakfield is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- North Bristol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Bristol is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Mecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mecca
- Phalanx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Bundysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bundysburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundysburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wassie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wassie.
Newspapers Published in Wassie ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wassie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wassie, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wassie.
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 websites either 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 Wassie:
- 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
- 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 Wassie, 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> | 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. |
| <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- Wassie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |