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 Williamston (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 Williamston. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Williamston 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 Williamston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williamston:
- Mahoning County (The home county of Williamston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Youngstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Perkins Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Hazelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Cornersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Mineral Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Stanhope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Colebrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- West Williamsfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Orwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Simons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Columbiana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- New Waterford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Unity
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- East Palestine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Mill Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Teegarden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Teegarden is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teegarden
- Coleman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Rogers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Parkman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(30 miles [48.3 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 Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Windham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Mahoning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Yale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Garrettsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Augerburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Drakesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Campbellsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Hiram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Alliance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville
(25 miles [40.2 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Churchill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Girard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Maplewood Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Klines Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Sodom
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Niles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coalburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Bolindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bolindale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolindale
- Paynes Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Beaver County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Ellwood City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Koppel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Frisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- North Sewickley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Thompson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Mayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Mayfield is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Wurtemburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Lillyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Butler County (PA)
- Portersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- New Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Hillsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Robinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pulaski
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Bessemer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- S.N.P.J
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Mount Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- New Castle
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mahoningtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Clark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grove City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Millburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Shenango
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Leesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williamston, see our County-by-County Page for Williamston.
Cemeteries Near Williamston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williamston.
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 Williamston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williamston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Cemetery
- The Home Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kyle - Price Cemetery
- Mill Creek Park Cemetery
- Old Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283902 <2>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Children of Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Anshe Emeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tod Homestead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tod Homestead Cemetery
- The Tod Homestead Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rodef Sholom Cemetery
- Youngstown Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43752 <2>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lanterman Motherman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hugh Baird Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jewish Federation Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (421 more) ...
- Belmont Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Welsh Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Four Mile Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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 Williamston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Williamston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williamston, with the one closest to Williamston listed first.
- Youngstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brier Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brier Hill is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Hill
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
- Girard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Hazelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Churchill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Mineral Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Austintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boardman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sodom
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Austintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williamston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamston.
Newspapers Published in Williamston ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williamston, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williamston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Williamston:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Mahoning County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Beaver County
- Butler 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> | 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 Williamston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williamston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |