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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 Clark Corners (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 Clark Corners. 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 Clark Corners ...
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 Clark Corners: Clark Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Clark Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clark Corners.
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.
Clark Corners 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 Clark Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clark Corners:
- Medina County (The home county of Clark Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Wadsworth
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sharon Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Youngs Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Poe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Granger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Windfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Seville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Gloria Glens Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Chippewa Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Albion
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jeromesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 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 Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- North Royalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Strongsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Binola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Brecksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Berea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Parma Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brook Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Geauga County
- Bainbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes County
- Mount Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Belden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Grafton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lagrange
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Fields
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Huntington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Wellington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Ridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elyria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oberlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Suffield Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brimfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Camelot Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Doolittles Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Rootstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ravenna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sippo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- East Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Forty Corners Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Mayflower Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Massillon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hills and Dales
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Paxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Norton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Copley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Bath Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Akron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Rittman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Creston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Orrville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Aukerman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Weilersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Dalton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Boys Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clark Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Clark Corners.
Cemeteries Near Clark Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clark Corners.
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 Clark Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clark Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Holmes Brook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zwingli Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Southwest Sharon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stimson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crowfoot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- River Styx Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (589 more) ...
- Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shinersburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- The Chestnut Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Doylestown Cemetery
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.<3>
While we didn't find Clark Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clark Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clark Corners, with the one closest to Clark Corners listed first.
- Wadsworth
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Western Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Western Star is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Star
- Sharon Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- River Styx
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Blake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Rittman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Corners is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corners
- Copley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Doylestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Windfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Granger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Seville
(7 miles [11.3 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 Clark Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clark Corners.
Newspapers Published in Clark Corners ...
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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clark Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clark Corners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clark Corners.
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 Clark Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Holmes County
- Lorain County
- Portage 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> | 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> | 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 Clark Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Clark Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |