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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 West Shore Cottage Area (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 West Shore Cottage Area. 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 West Shore Cottage Area ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Shore Cottage Area: W. Shore Cottage Area
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Shore Cottage Area. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Shore Cottage Area.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
West Shore Cottage Area is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Jefferson & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near West Shore Cottage Area. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Shore Cottage Area:
- Harrison County (The home county of West Shore Cottage Area)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Tappan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Feed Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Station Fifteen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Deersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Bowerston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Conotton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Scio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Jewett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Freeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cassville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Cadiz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Holloway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Rock Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Flushing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lafferty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Hendrysburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Oco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Morristown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Bannock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsman is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman
- Blainesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blainesville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainesville
- East Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Richland is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richland
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bethesda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Leesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Sherrodsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leavittsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Queensboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Atwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Dellroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Valleyview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Carrollton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Harrisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Wyncrest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wyncrest is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyncrest
- Hibbetts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Wattsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Mechanicstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Salineville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- East Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Millport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millport is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Kensington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Salisbury is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salisbury
- Hanoverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fresno is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
- Chili
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guernsey County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Londonderry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Birmingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Antrim
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fairview has also been known as:
- Fairview village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <1>
- Odell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Winterset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Middlebourne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Brady ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Clio ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Elizabethtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Kimbolton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Easton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Old Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes County
- Farmerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Amsterdam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bergholz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smithfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smithfield is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 786 people
- Dillonvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dillonvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillonvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Olszeski Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Olszeski Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olszeski Town
- Fernwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fernwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Wintersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Osage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Valley Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Glen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Glen
- Noble County
- Batesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Batesville is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Waynesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Sparta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Minerva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Industry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fohl Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fohl Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
- Lake Sherman Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beach City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Navarre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Wilmot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Dennison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Uhrichsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Midvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Tuscarawas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Roswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- West Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Gnadenhutten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- New Philadelphia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Brooke County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Beech Bottom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beech Bottom is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Windsor Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Windsor Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Ohio County (WV)
- Clearview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clearview is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Shore Cottage Area, see our County-by-County Page for West Shore Cottage Area.
Cemeteries Near West Shore Cottage Area ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Shore Cottage Area.
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 West Shore Cottage Area - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Shore Cottage Area covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Tappan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Feed Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plum Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Run Hill Top Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deersville Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Cemetery
- The Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Church of Christ Cemetery
- Weavers Run Cemetery
- Tunnel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Conotton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conotton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Conotton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #40377 <2>
- Continue List (620 more) ...
- Markey Myers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Scio Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Longview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 West Shore Cottage Area in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Shore Cottage Area.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Shore Cottage Area, with the one closest to West Shore Cottage Area listed first.
- Tappan
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Deersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Laceyville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laceyville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceyville
- Bowerston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Conotton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Conotton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conotton
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Scio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hagerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Hagerstown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hagerstown
- Leesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Tippecanoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tippecanoe is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippecanoe
- Clendening ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clendening is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendening
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dennison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newport is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Shore Cottage Area. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Shore Cottage Area.
Newspapers Published in West Shore Cottage Area ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Shore Cottage Area.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Shore Cottage Area, 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 West Shore Cottage Area.
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 West Shore Cottage Area:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belmont County
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Coshocton County
- Guernsey County
- Holmes County
- Jefferson County
- Noble County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Brooke County
- Ohio 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 West Shore Cottage Area, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Shore Cottage Area) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |