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 Boston Heights (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 Boston Heights. 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 Boston Heights ...
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 Boston Heights: Boston Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Boston Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boston Heights.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Boston Heights 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 Boston Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boston Heights:
- Summit County (The home county of Boston Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Hudson Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Macedonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northfield Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Emmons Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Twinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Stow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Applecreek Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Walton Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Solon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valley View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Bainbridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Auburn Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Chesterland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Middlefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chardon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- West Bass Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Wickliffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Willowick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Eastlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Lakeline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Oak Hill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Belden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Fields
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mahoning County
- Craig Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Hinckley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Granger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Sharon Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Brunswick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Poe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Wadsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Medina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Abbeyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Acme
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Camelot Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Aurora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Kent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Brimfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Evergreen Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mantua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ravenna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Campbellsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- New Baltimore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Canal Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Limaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Forty Corners Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- North Lawrence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Alliance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Phalanx
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- South Canal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delightful
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Doylestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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 Boston Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Boston Heights.
Cemeteries Near Boston Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boston Heights.
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 Boston Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boston Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wyoga Lake Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Hudson Twp. Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Markillie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- All Saints Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Boston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boston Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Macedonia.
- The Boston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boston Mills Cemetery
- Boston Moral Cemetery
- Boston Union Cemetery
- Helltown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #734037 <2>
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Northfield - Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Draper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Revere Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Boston Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boston Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boston Heights, with the one closest to Boston Heights listed first.
- Peninsula
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everett is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Metz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Metz is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Darrowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darrowville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrowville
- Macedonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Twinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ira is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Botzum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Botzum is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botzum
- Cuyahoga Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boston Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boston Heights.
Newspapers Published in Boston Heights ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boston Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boston Heights, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boston Heights.
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 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 Boston Heights:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Boston Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Boston Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |