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 Westwood Lake Park (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 Westwood Lake Park. 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 Westwood Lake Park ...
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 Westwood Lake Park: Westwood Lk. Park
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 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.
Westwood Lake Park 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 Westwood Lake Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westwood Lake Park:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Westwood Lake Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Niles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bolindale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rays Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Austin Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Wilhelm Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wilhelm Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhelm Corner
- Howland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howland Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Center
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Stanhope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Orwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Dodgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Simons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- New Lyme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Hartsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Columbiana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- North Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Teegarden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- New Waterford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Coleman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- East Palestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 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 Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Parkman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Middlefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsburg
(27 miles [43.5 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
- East Claridon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Cornersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Youngstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Canfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Hazelton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Diamond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Windham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Keans ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Garrettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Drakesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Augerburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Hiram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Limaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Alliance
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hartville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Hillsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Bessemer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J
(23 miles [37 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
- New Wilmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Clark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grove City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wheatland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sharpsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westwood Lake Park, see our County-by-County Page for Westwood Lake Park.
Cemeteries Near Westwood Lake Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westwood Lake Park.
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 Westwood Lake Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westwood Lake Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Kerrs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lordstown Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Soaptown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ohl Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Welsh Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Niles Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pineview Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Knoll Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Knoll Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Warren.
- Continue List (441 more) ...
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
- The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- House of Israel Cemetery
- Paltzgroff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Westwood Lake Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westwood Lake Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westwood Lake Park, with the one closest to Westwood Lake Park listed first.
- Niles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mineral Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lordstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leavittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Champion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Rosemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brier Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Sodom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westwood Lake Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westwood Lake Park.
Newspapers Published in Westwood Lake Park ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westwood Lake Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westwood Lake Park, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westwood Lake Park.
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 Westwood Lake Park:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- 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 Westwood Lake Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Westwood Lake Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |