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 East Center (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 East Center. 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 East Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Center: E. Center
You might see East Centre instead of East Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
East Center 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 East Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Center:
- Summit County (The home county of East Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Richfield
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bath Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Boston Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Northfield Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Emmons Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Fairlawn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Brecksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Royalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walton Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Valley View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Binola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Bainbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(19 miles [30.6 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Chesterland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parkman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wickliffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willowick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Kirtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waite Hill
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Eastlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Willoughby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Kirtland Hills
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Oak Hill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Eaton Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Fields
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Belden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- North Ridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grafton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Avon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sheffield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elyria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lagrange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avon Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Hinckley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Granger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Brunswick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sharon Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Abbeyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Medina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Valley City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- River Styx
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Kent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Brady Lake
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Brimfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Suffield Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Evergreen Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mantua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Hartville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- North Lawrence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Corners Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Hills and Dales
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Sippo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Doylestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burbank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Orrville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aukerman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Smithville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Center, see our County-by-County Page for East Center.
Cemeteries Near East Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Center.
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 East Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Richfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wheatley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dewey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hinckley Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley Ridge Cemetery
- The Hinckley Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ridge Cemetery
- Barr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barr Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Revere Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boston Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Macedonia.
- The Boston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boston Mills Cemetery
- Boston Moral Cemetery
- Boston Union Cemetery
- Helltown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #734037 <3>
- Osborn Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ira Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (459 more) ...
- Brecksville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brecksville Cemetery
- The Brecksville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brecksville Highland Drive Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
- Highland Drive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972738 <3>
- Moore's Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bath Center 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.<4>
While we didn't find East Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Center, with the one closest to East Center listed first.
- Richfield
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Richfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Richfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richfield
- Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Everett is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Peninsula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brecksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ira
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Hinckley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ghent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ghent is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghent
- Botzum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Botzum is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botzum
- Remsen Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Remsen Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remsen Corners
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- North Royalton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Granger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Center.
Newspapers Published in East Center ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Center, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Center.
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 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 East Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |