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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chaffee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chaffee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chaffee, 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 Chaffee (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 Chaffee. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chaffee is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Chaffee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chaffee:
- Summit County (The home county of Chaffee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Emmons Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hudson Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Bath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Brecksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walton Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Applecreek Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Seven Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Garfield Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garfield Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,272 people
- Maple Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Bainbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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
- Chesterland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Auburn Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- 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
- Chardon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Middlefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Willowick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Willoughby
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eastlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lakeline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Timberlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Brentwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Kirtland Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Eaton Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Fields
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Belden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avon Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Sheffield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elyria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lagrange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sheffield Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Hinckley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Brunswick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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
- Windfall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Abbeyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Sharon Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Valley City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Aurora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Doolittles Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Mantua
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Brimfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Canal Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Doylestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chaffee, see our County-by-County Page for Chaffee.
Cemeteries Near Chaffee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chaffee.
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 Chaffee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chaffee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Northfield - Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brecksville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brecksville Cemetery
- The Brecksville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brecksville Highland Drive Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
- Highland Drive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972738 <3>
- Barr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Barr Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dewey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- 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]<4> 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 <3>
- All Saints Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maple Shade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bedford Center Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Richfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (413 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Chaffee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chaffee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chaffee, with the one closest to Chaffee listed first.
- Brecksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Northfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peninsula
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Richfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richfield
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falls Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Willow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Twinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Randall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chaffee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chaffee.
Newspapers Published in Chaffee ...
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 502 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chaffee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chaffee, 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 Chaffee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Chaffee:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark 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 Chaffee, 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chaffee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |