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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about York. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added York to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with York, please Contact Us.
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 York (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 York. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of York is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 York. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to York:
- Trumbull County (The home county of York)
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Barclay
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Gustavus
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Kinsman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Greene
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Mecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Burghill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Cortland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Orangeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Five Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Stanhope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Williamsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Simons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Colebrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- West Andover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Andover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Orwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dorset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Richmond Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Huntsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Middlefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Parkman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Montville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- East Claridon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Welshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Auburn Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- West Bass Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Lake County
- Madison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Youngstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Campbell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- West Austintown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- North Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Struthers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lowellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Canfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Mahoning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Drakesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Wayland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Turner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Pymatuning South
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hartstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Atlantic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Linesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Lynces Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Conneaut Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Tracy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Pennside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Lawrence County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- New Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Wilmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Robinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Volant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Osgood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Shenango
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Kennard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Leechs Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Sharpsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- 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 York, see our County-by-County Page for York.
Cemeteries Near York ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of York.
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 York - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for York covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- East Gustavus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Logan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Gustavus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Kinsman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Southside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brockway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gunn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunn Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Greene.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485197 <3>
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Greene Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- East Mecca Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find York in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of York.
These communities are listed based on their distance from York, with the one closest to York listed first.
- Barclay
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Farmdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Farmdale is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Gustavus
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Kinsman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Stanhope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Vernon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Wick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Mecca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Latimer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Latimer is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Cornelion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelion
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Williamsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Williamsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Triumph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Triumph is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around York. See our List of 1890's Communities around York.
Newspapers Published in York ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around York.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of York, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for York.
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 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 York:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Trumbull County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 York, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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- York) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |