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 Westhill 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 Westhill 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 Westhill 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Westhill Heights: Westhill 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 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 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.
Westhill Heights is located in Mahoning County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mahoning County: Columbiana, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, Lawrence (PA) & Mercer (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Westhill Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westhill Heights:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Westhill Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Ellsworth
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Patmos
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Austintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mineral Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Craig Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Augusta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pekin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Watheys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Watheys is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watheys
- Mechanicstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Malvern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbetts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leetonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Columbiana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Teegarden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- North Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- New Waterford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Adair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Adair is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
- Lisbon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Alexander
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Alexander is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alexander
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Parkman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Keans ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Palmyra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Yale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Wayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Mahoning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Campbellsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Drakesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Rootstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Garrettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Alliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- New Baltimore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Minerva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belfort is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
- Hartville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oval City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- East Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Mogadore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Myersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Hilltop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Lordstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Niles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Girard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Churchill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- South Canal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Klines Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Newton Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Austin Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Rays Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Maplewood Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Cannelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Darlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Big Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Koppel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Esther ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Homewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Hillsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Bessemer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- S.N.P.J
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- S.N.P.J is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S.N.P.J
- Estimated population in 2019: 19 people
- Edinburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Oakwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Enon Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Clark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Hancock County (WV)
- Newell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westhill Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Westhill Heights.
Cemeteries Near Westhill Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westhill 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 Westhill Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westhill Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Ellsworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Geeburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dean Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Covenanter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Canfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Haven Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (494 more) ...
- Calla Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brunsteter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lumberton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Westhill Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westhill Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westhill Heights, with the one closest to Westhill Heights listed first.
- Ellsworth
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Canfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rosemont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Patmos
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Calla
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calla is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calla
- West Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Berlin Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- New Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Cornersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Austintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blanco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westhill Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westhill Heights.
Newspapers Published in Westhill 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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westhill Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westhill 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 Westhill Heights.
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 Westhill Heights:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Hancock 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 Westhill Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westhill Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |