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 Cranmer (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 Cranmer. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Cranmer is located in 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 Cranmer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cranmer:
- Summit County (The home county of Cranmer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Cuyahoga Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Tallmadge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Bath Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bath
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Copley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Munroe Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Pigeon Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Brecksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Walton Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Oakwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- North Royalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Valley View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Bainbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(23 miles [37 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
- Auburn Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Welshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Chesterland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parkman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Belden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Fields
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Ridgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lagrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Craig Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Granger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Sharon Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hinckley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Acme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Poe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Brunswick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Kent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brimfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Suffield Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brady Lake
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Doolittles Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Camelot Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Pine Gate Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rootstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Fulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Hartville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- North Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Corners Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Lawrence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Hills and Dales
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mayflower Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Meyers Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Rolling Hills Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- South Canal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Doylestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Creston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Smithville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Aukerman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Boys Village
(27 miles [43.5 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 Cranmer, see our County-by-County Page for Cranmer.
Cemeteries Near Cranmer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cranmer.
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 Cranmer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cranmer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Chestnut Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Peace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Peace Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Akron.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #274976 <2>
- Harrington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northampton Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glendale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cuyahoga Falls Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42494 <2>
- Akron Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spicer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ira Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Bath Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Burial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (547 more) ...
- Montrose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Copley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Cranmer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cranmer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cranmer, with the one closest to Cranmer listed first.
- Botzum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Botzum is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botzum
- Cuyahoga Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ira is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Fairlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ghent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ghent is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghent
- Montrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Copley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Everett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Everett is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- South Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
- Tallmadge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Thomastown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Brittain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Munroe Falls
(6 miles [9.7 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 Cranmer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cranmer.
Newspapers Published in Cranmer ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cranmer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cranmer, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cranmer.
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 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 Cranmer:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lorain County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull 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 Cranmer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cranmer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |