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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Briarwood Beach. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Briarwood Beach to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Briarwood Beach, 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 Briarwood Beach (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 Briarwood Beach. 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 Briarwood Beach ...
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 Briarwood Beach: Briarwood Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Briarwood Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Briarwood Beach.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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 Briarwood Beach is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Briarwood Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briarwood Beach:
- Medina County (The home county of Briarwood Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Chippewa Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- 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
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Poe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Westfield Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Medina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- River Styx
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Friendsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Acme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Abbeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Polk
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Nova
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jeromesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruggles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Hayesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 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 Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Strongsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Binola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- North Royalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Olmsted Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brecksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brook Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Parma Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Olmsted
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Erie County
- Birmingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes County
- Holmesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- White Fox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- New London
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Wakeman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Belden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lagrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Huntington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Eaton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Wellington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Fields
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Rochester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Elyria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Suffield Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mishler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Richland County
- Olivesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Forty Corners Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Massillon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Paxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Copley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Norton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Bath Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Richfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin
(18 miles [29 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
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aukerman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Doylestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Congress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- West Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marshallville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boys Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Devil Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briarwood Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Briarwood Beach.
Cemeteries Near Briarwood Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briarwood Beach.
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 Briarwood Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briarwood Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Spitzer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Westfield Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Friendsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Westfield Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crowfoot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Medina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (562 more) ...
- Waltz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mound Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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.
- Guilford 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.
While we didn't find Briarwood Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briarwood Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briarwood Beach, with the one closest to Briarwood Beach listed first.
- Chippewa Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- 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>
- Poe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Seville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Medina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Friendsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- River Styx
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mallet Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mallet Creek is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallet Creek
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Acme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Windfall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Burbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Briarwood Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briarwood Beach.
Newspapers Published in Briarwood Beach ...
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 Briarwood Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briarwood Beach, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briarwood Beach.
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 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 Briarwood Beach:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Erie County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Portage County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Wayne 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 Briarwood Beach, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Briarwood Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |