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 West View (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 View. 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 View ...
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 West View: W. View
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West View.
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 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 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.
West View 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 West View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West View:
- Trumbull County (The home county of West View)
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Newton Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Canal
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Phalanx
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Austin Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Delightful
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bolindale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Niles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rays Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Orwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Colebrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dodgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Hartsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Rome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Stanhope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- New Lyme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- West Williamsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Columbiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Teegarden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Adair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Chambersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- New Alexander
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Coleman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Chagrin Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Glenwillow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Solon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Moreland Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Applecreek Village
(29 miles [46.7 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 northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Parkman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Welshfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- South Russell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Yates Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Aquilla
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Craig Beach
(5 miles [8 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Austintown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Patmos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Canfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Cornersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Hickory Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Beloit
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Windham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Wayland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Garrettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Drakesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Keans ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Augerburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Hiram
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Limaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Louisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Mogadore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Munroe Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Reminderville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Hudson Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Tallmadge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Twinsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lakemore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Cuyahoga Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- New Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pulaski
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Hillsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Bessemer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Clark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West View, see our County-by-County Page for West View.
Cemeteries Near West View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- West Newton Falls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Newton Falls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Braceville Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hawley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Price Mill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Welsh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paltzgroff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (488 more) ...
- Windham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whippoorwill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find West View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West View, with the one closest to West View listed first.
- Newton Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McClintocksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McClintocksburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintocksburg
- Braceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Braceville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braceville
- Pritchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pritchard is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Phalanx
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Windham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Diamond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blanco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blanco is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Southington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lloyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West View. See our List of 1890's Communities around West View.
Newspapers Published in West View ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around West View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West View, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West View.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 West View:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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> | 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 View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |