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 Villa Maria (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 Villa Maria. 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.
Villa Maria is located in Lawrence County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lawrence County: Columbiana (OH), Mahoning (OH), Beaver, Butler & Mercer.
Below are the counties that are near Villa Maria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Villa Maria:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Villa Maria)
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- New Bedford
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Robinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pulaski
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Hillsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Nashua
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Mount Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- West New Castle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mahoningtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- New Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- New Galilee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Darlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Ellwood City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Koppel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Homewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- North Sewickley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Wurtemburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Lillyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Portersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slippery Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Forestville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Harrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Hallston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitestown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestown
- Zelienople
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- West Middlesex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Carbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Clark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Farrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grove City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hermitage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharpsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Mercer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Barkeyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- Stanhope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Unity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- East Palestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Waterford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Columbiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washingtonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Rogers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Franklin Square
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,517 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Lowellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Middletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Perkins Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- North Lima
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austintown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Portage County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Lloyd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lloyd is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Diamond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Keans ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Keans is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keans
- Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Palmyra is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Wayland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wayland is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Windham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mahoning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Yale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Maplewood Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Masury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coalburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Churchill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Sodom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Brookfield Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- West Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Girard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- McDonald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Paynes Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Villa Maria, see our County-by-County Page for Villa Maria.
Cemeteries Near Villa Maria ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Villa Maria.
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 Villa Maria - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Villa Maria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- Villa Maria Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lowellville (OH).
- The Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cemetery
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #713826 <2>
- Lowellville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (400 more) ...
- Poland Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poland Center Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Poland (OH).
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ashton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Villa Maria had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Villa Maria, with the one closest to Villa Maria listed first.
- New Bedford
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Lowellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Hillsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Pulaski
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Struthers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hubbard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Doughton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doughton is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doughton
- Youngstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kyles Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kyles Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyles Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Villa Maria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Villa Maria.
Newspapers Published in Villa Maria ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Villa Maria.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Villa Maria, 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 Villa Maria.
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 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 Villa Maria:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Trumbull County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 Villa Maria, 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' (or 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- Villa Maria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |