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 Eastlake (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 Eastlake. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Eastlake is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga & Geauga.
Below are the counties that are near Eastlake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eastlake:
- Lake County (The home county of Eastlake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Timberlake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Lakeline
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Oak Hill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Willoughby
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Reynolds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Willowick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Wickliffe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirtland Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Willoughby Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waite Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mentor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Trumbull
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Hartsgrove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Driftwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Driftwood is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- East Trumbull
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harpersfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harpersfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersfield
- Mechanicsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Geneva-on-the-Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Austinburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Orwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Euclid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Richmond Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Gates Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mayfield Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lyndhurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bratenahl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bratenahl is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratenahl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,153 people
- South Euclid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beachwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Chesterland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chardon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Bass Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Aquilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Yates Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- South Russell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- East Claridon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Thompson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Auburn Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Huntsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mantua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Reminderville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Northfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Emmons Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Macedonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Northfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Twinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Hudson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peninsula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Mesopotamia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eastlake, see our County-by-County Page for Eastlake.
Cemeteries Near Eastlake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eastlake.
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 Eastlake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eastlake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Willoughby Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willoughby Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waite Hill Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willoughby Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby Memorial Gardens
- The Willoughby Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Plains Road Cemetery
- Lost Nation Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wickliffe Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirtland Temple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chardon Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Kirtland Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kirtland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Mentor Municipal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mentor Municipal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Municipal Cemetery
- The Mentor Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mentor Cemetery
- Mentor Center Cemetery
- Mentor Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42107 <2>
- Whitehaven Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 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 Eastlake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eastlake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eastlake, with the one closest to Eastlake listed first.
- Willoughby
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rush Road ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Road is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Road
- Reynolds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Wickliffe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Mentor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Mentor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mentor
- Mentor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Euclid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Noble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Heisley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heisley is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heisley
- Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kirtland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Mountain is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nottingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Collinwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Collinwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Gates Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eastlake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eastlake.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Eastlake ...
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 492 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eastlake.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Eastlake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Eastlake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Eastlake.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Eastlake.
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 Eastlake:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 Eastlake, 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- Eastlake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |