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 Blake (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 Blake. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Blake is located in Medina 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 Medina County: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Summit & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Blake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blake:
- Medina County (The home county of Blake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- River Styx
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Acme
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Poe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Seville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wadsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Gloria Glens Park
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Sharon Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chippewa Lake
(5 miles [8 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 <1>
- Medina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Windfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Westfield Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Friendsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Albion
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Polk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Rowsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Jeromesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nova
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Bailey Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ruggles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Strongsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Binola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- North Royalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Olmsted Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Parma Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brook Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Holmesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- White Fox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- New London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Belden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Lagrange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Huntington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Wellington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Fields
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elyria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oberlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Mishler
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Brady Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Camelot Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Doolittles Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rootstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Forty Corners Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Greentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Massillon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Hills and Dales
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Paxton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Norton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Copley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Bath Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Akron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Rittman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Aukerman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Orrville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Weilersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Congress
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Boys Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Burton City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blake, see our County-by-County Page for Blake.
Cemeteries Near Blake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blake.
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 Blake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Blake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Guilford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- River Styx Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crowfoot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mound Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mound Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Seville.
- Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest Sharon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Poe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (590 more) ...
- Shinersburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Rittman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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, Blake had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blake, with the one closest to Blake listed first.
- Acme
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Poe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Seville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wadsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sharon Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chippewa Lake
(5 miles [8 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 <1>
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Western Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Western Star is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Star
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Windfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Easton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blake.
Newspapers Published in Blake ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blake, 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 Blake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Blake:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Wayne 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 Blake, 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- Blake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |