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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chardon Centre. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chardon Centre to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chardon Centre, 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 Chardon Centre (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 Chardon Centre. 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 Chardon Centre ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Chardon Centre: Chardon Ctre.
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 doctors and 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 Chardon Centre is historic, it would have been located within present day Geauga 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 Geauga County: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Portage, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Chardon Centre. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chardon Centre:
- Geauga County (The home county of Chardon Centre)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Chardon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Bass Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Aquilla
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Chesterland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Montville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Yates Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Burton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Thompson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Middlefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Hartsgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Trumbull
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- East Trumbull
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Harpersfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harpersfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersfield
- Orwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Rock Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Roaming Shores
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Driftwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Driftwood is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Eagleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Austinburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Gates Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Mayfield Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyndhurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Richmond Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chagrin Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pepper Pike
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beachwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bentleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Kirtland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kirtland Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Pecks Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Brentwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Mentor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Waite Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Painesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Willoughby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eastlake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hiram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mantua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garrettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Evergreen Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Streetsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mahoning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Doolittles Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Drakesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Windham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Augerburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Reminderville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Macedonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Northfield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Boston Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Hudson Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Mesopotamia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bristolville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Greene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Delightful
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Phalanx
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Wildare
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Mecca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chardon Centre, see our County-by-County Page for Chardon Centre.
Cemeteries Near Chardon Centre ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chardon Centre.
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 Chardon Centre - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chardon Centre covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- All Souls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- King Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Protestant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Center Chardon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chardon Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fowlers Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chesterland Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterland Memorial Park
- The Chesterland Memorial Park has also been known as:
- B'nal Jershurun Cemetery
- Chesterland Cemetery
- Temple On The Heights Cemetery
- Rolling Green Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hambden Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (287 more) ...
- Pitkin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chester Twp.Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Settlers 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.
While we didn't find Chardon Centre in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chardon Centre.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chardon Centre, with the one closest to Chardon Centre listed first.
- Clarks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clarks is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Chardon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Mountain is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fowlers Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fowlers Mill is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Mill
- West Mentor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Mentor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mentor
- Claridon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claridon
- Heisley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heisley is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heisley
- Breakman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Breakman is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakman
- Mentor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fullertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fullertown is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullertown
- Painesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Claridon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chardon Centre. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chardon Centre.
Newspapers Published in Chardon Centre ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chardon Centre.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chardon Centre, 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 Chardon Centre.
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 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 Chardon Centre:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Geauga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Lake County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 Chardon Centre, 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 '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- Chardon Centre) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |