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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 Doans 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 Doans 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 Doans 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Doans Corners: Doans Cors.
  • While the name of this community is Doans Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Doans Corners may originally have been Doan's Corners.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Doans Corners might be written as Doan 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Doans Corners is located in Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County: Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage & Summit.

Below are the counties that are near Doans Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doans Corners:

  • Cuyahoga County     (The home county of Doans Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.
    • East Cleveland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cleveland Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Slavic Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Slavic Village is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slavic Village
    • Cleveland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • South Euclid
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • University Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bratenahl
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Bratenahl is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratenahl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,153 people
    • Shaker Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Newburgh Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Newburgh Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,015 people
    • Beachwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Nottingham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
    • Cuyahoga Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ohio City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Ohio City is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio City
  • Geauga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.
    • Chesterland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • South Russell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • South Russell is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
    • Bainbridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yates Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
    • Chardon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Aquilla
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Aquilla is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
    • Auburn Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
    • West Bass Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
    • Burton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • East Claridon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • East Claridon is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
    • Welshfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Welshfield is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
    • Middlefield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Huntsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.
    • Wickliffe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Willoughby Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Willowick
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeline
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeline is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Eastlake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecks Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
    • Timberlake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Timberlake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
    • Waite Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Waite Hill is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
    • Willoughby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brentwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Brentwood is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
    • Oak Hill Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
    • Kirtland Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Kirtland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lorain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.
    • Avon Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Avon Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Avon Point is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
    • North Ridgeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Fields
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fields is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
    • Avon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Avon is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,745 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <2>
    • Eaton Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
    • Sheffield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sheffield Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Grafton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Elyria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Belden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Belden is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
    • Lorain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.
    • Hinckley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Brunswick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley City Station
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley City Station is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
    • Granger
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Granger is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
    • Valley City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Abbeyville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Abbeyville is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
    • Windfall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Windfall is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
    • Youngs Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
    • Sharon Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Medina
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Poe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Poe is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Portage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.
    • Aurora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Camelot Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Camelot Village is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Streetsboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugar Bush Knolls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Doolittles Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
    • Mantua
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
    • Hiram
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hiram is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiram <2>
    • Kent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kent is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,319 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <2>
    • Brady Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brady Lake is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
      • Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
    • Pine Gate Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
    • Drakesburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Drakesburg is located in Portage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
    • Garrettsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.
    • Northfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Emmons Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
    • Northfield Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Northfield Center is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
    • Macedonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Reminderville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Reminderville is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
    • Boston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Boston is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston has also been known as:
      • Boston Mill
      • Helltown
    • Bosworth ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bosworth is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
    • Twinsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Boston Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Boston Heights is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
    • Peninsula
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Richfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hudson Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hudson Village is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
    • Hudson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doans Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Doans Corners.

Cemeteries Near Doans Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doans 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 Doans Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doans Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.

  • East Cleveland Twp. Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Garfield Tomb Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mayfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Cleveland.
    • The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lakeview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41762 <3>
  • Glenville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Warrensville West Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nelaview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Erie Street Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Brooklyn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (307 more) ...

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.<4>

While we didn't find Doans Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Doans Corners.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Doans Corners, with the one closest to Doans Corners listed first.

  • Fairmount
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fairmount is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • East Cleveland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Cleveland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bluestone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bluestone is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
  • Collamer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Collamer is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
  • Coits
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Coits is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coits
  • Collinwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Collinwood is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
  • Nottingham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
  • Willow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Willow is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
  • Warrensville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Warrensville is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensville
  • Randall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Randall is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Orange
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Euclid
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Euclid is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Euclid <2>
    • North Linndale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Linndale is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Linndale

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doans Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doans Corners.

Newspapers Published in Doans 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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doans Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doans Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doans Corners.

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 helpful 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 Doans Corners:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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 Doans Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doans Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.