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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 Bates Corners (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 Bates Corners. 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 Bates Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Bates Corners: Bates Cors.
- While the name of this community is Bates Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bates Corners may originally have been Bate's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bates Corners might be written as Bate Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bates Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bates Corners.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Bates Corners is located in Summit 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 Summit County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bates Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bates Corners:
- Summit County (The home county of Bates Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Norton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Copley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Fairlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- East Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- New Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Bath Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Albion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Brecksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Royalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Strongsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Seven Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walton Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Binola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Middleburg Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Bainbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Holmes County
- Mount Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Belden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fields
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Lagrange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- North Ridgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Wadsworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sharon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Granger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Windfall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Poe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <2>
- Gloria Glens Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Suffield Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brimfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Rootstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Pine Gate Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Forty Corners Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sippo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Hartville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Mayflower Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Brookfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- North Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Tuscarawas County
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Doylestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Creston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Orrville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smithville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- East Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Burbank
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Boys Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bates Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Bates Corners.
Cemeteries Near Bates Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bates Corners.
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 Bates Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bates Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Loyal Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Norton Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stimson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Copley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Augustines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zwingli Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Cemetery
- The Lakewood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hope Evangelical Cemetery
- Akron Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (595 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Montrose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sharon Center Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<4>
While we didn't find Bates Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bates Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bates Corners, with the one closest to Bates Corners listed first.
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- New Portage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Portage is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Portage
- Barberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Western Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Western Star is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Star
- Johnsons Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Corners is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corners
- Copley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wadsworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Doylestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sharon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thomastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- East Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bates Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bates Corners.
Newspapers Published in Bates Corners ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bates Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bates Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bates Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Bates Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Holmes County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Bates Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bates Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |