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 Eagle Cliff (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 Eagle Cliff. 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 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.
Eagle Cliff 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 Eagle Cliff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle Cliff:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of Eagle Cliff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Bay Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Dover is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dover
- Westlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Olmsted
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Rocky River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Olmsted Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Linndale is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linndale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Berea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brook Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Birmingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Berlin Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shinrock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Wakeman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Fox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Wickliffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Willoughby Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Willowick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeline
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Oak Hill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Waite Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Willoughby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Avon Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avon Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Ridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sheffield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheffield Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fields
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Elyria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lorain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Amherst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Brunswick
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Valley City Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Valley City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Abbeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Hinckley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Medina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Risley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Windfall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Granger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- River Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Youngs Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Emmons Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Richfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Boston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Macedonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peninsula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bath Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Twinsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle Cliff, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle Cliff.
Cemeteries Near Eagle Cliff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Cliff.
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 Eagle Cliff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle Cliff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- Lakeside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmhurst Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Cemetery
- The Lake Shore Cemetery has also been known as:
- Avon Lake Cemetery
- Avon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Resthaven Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coe Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- St. Teresa Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Butternut Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Eagle Cliff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eagle Cliff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle Cliff, with the one closest to Eagle Cliff listed first.
- West Dover
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Dover is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover
- North Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Dover is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dover
- Folger ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Folger is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folger
- Avon Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bement
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bement is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bement
- North Olmsted
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crandall is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Rocky River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sheffield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Ridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lake Breeze
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Breeze is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Breeze
- Lakewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shawville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shawville is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle Cliff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Cliff.
Newspapers Published in Eagle Cliff ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Cliff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle Cliff, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle Cliff.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Eagle Cliff:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Cuyahoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Summit 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 Eagle Cliff, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagle Cliff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |