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 Yankee Lake (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 Yankee Lake. 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 Yankee Lake ...
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 Yankee Lake: Yankee Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Yankee Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yankee Lake.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Yankee Lake 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 Yankee Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yankee Lake:
- Trumbull County (The home county of Yankee Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Weldon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Brookfield Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- West Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Paynes Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Orangeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Masury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Coalburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Burghill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hubbard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Stanhope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Williamsfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Colebrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Dodgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Orwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Dorset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Columbiana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Unity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Washingtonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leetonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Waterford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- State Line ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Parkman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welshfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Hazelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Campbell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mineral Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Lowellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- West Austintown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Boardman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Poland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Mahoning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Diamond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keans is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Lloyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Palmyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Garrettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wayland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Drakesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Butler County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Harrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Slippery Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Westford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Atlantic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Pymatuning Central
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Hartstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Espyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Conneaut Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Lynces Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- New Bedford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- New Wilmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Volant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- New Castle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Grove City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Farrell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Middlesex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Carbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Kashner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Venango County (PA)
- Henderson Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yankee Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Yankee Lake.
Cemeteries Near Yankee Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yankee Lake.
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 Yankee Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yankee Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Artherholt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hartford Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Side Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
- The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Byerly Family Cemetery
- Dugan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Corner House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (385 more) ...
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hayes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hayes Cemetery is located
- The Hayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burghill Cemetery
- Burghill - Hayes Cemetery
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 Yankee Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yankee Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yankee Lake, with the one closest to Yankee Lake listed first.
- Brockway ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brockway is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Weldon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Brookfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Paynes Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Grove City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Clark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Nutwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Coalburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(5 miles [8 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 Yankee Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yankee Lake.
Newspapers Published in Yankee Lake ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yankee Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yankee Lake, 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 Yankee Lake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Yankee Lake:
- 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
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- York 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 Yankee Lake, 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- Yankee Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |