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 Chippewa Lake (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 Chippewa Lake. 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 Chippewa Lake ...
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.
Prior to its current name of Chippewa Lake, it was known as Chippewa-on-the-Lake.
- A typical abbreviation for Chippewa Lake: Chippewa Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Chippewa Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chippewa Lake.
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 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.
Chippewa Lake 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 Chippewa Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chippewa Lake:
- Medina County (The home county of Chippewa Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- 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
- 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
- Poe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendsville
(4 miles [6.4 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
- 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 Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- 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
- Rowsburg
(19 miles [30.6 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)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Ruggles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Savannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hayesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- McKay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- 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 Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Strongsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Binola
(18 miles [29 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 northeast)
- Berea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Olmsted Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parma Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brook Park
(23 miles [37 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 Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake 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)
- Wakeman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- 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 Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(15 miles [24.1 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 Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake 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
- 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
- Brimfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(30 miles [48.3 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
- 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 Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 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
- 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
- Greentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Paxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(12 miles [19.3 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)
- Montrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Norton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bath Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Barberton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bath
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burbank
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Congress
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Chippewa Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Chippewa Lake.
Cemeteries Near Chippewa Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chippewa Lake.
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 Chippewa Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chippewa Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Spitzer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Westfield Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Friendsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waltz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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)
- Continue List (560 more) ...
- River Styx Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crowfoot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- River Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Chippewa Lake had a population of 304 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Chippewa Lake had a population of 749 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chippewa Lake, with the one closest to Chippewa Lake listed first.
- Friendsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Seville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Blake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- Burbank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 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
- Sharon Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chippewa Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chippewa Lake.
Newspapers Published in Chippewa Lake ...
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 Chippewa Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chippewa Lake, 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 Chippewa Lake.
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 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 Chippewa Lake:
- 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Chippewa Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chippewa Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |