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 Cuyahoga Falls (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 Cuyahoga Falls. 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 and doctors 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.
Cuyahoga Falls 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 Cuyahoga Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cuyahoga Falls:
- Summit County (The home county of Cuyahoga Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Munroe Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Stow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tallmadge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Boston Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mogadore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Applecreek Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Brecksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Walton Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Solon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Independence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Royalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Bainbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Yates Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Chesterland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parkman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Belden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Fields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Grafton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Craig Beach
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Alliance Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Granger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Sharon Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hinckley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Acme
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Poe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Brunswick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brimfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Brady Lake
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Pine Gate Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Camelot Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Mishler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Ravenna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rootstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- New Baltimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Canal Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Limaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Forty Corners Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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
- North Lawrence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- South Canal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Delightful
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Doylestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Creston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Burbank
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cuyahoga Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Cuyahoga Falls.
Cemeteries Near Cuyahoga Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cuyahoga Falls.
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 Cuyahoga Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cuyahoga Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- 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>
- Chestnut Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harrington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Tallmadge Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Tallmadge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Tallmadge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northampton Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoga Lake Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (538 more) ...
- Spicer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Akron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Middlesbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cuyahoga Falls had a population of 2,614 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cuyahoga Falls had a population of 49,005 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cuyahoga Falls, with the one closest to Cuyahoga Falls listed first.
- Munroe Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tallmadge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Darrowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Darrowville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrowville
- Metz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Metz is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Botzum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Botzum is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botzum
- South Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
- Brittain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Ira
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ira is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- East Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Brimfield Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Everett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Everett is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- North Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cuyahoga Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cuyahoga Falls.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cuyahoga Falls ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cuyahoga Falls.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cuyahoga Falls. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cuyahoga Falls and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cuyahoga Falls.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> of Cuyahoga Falls.
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 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 Cuyahoga Falls:
- 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 Cuyahoga Falls, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cuyahoga Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |