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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 Falls Junction (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 Falls Junction. 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 Falls Junction ...
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 Falls Junction: Falls Jct. (or less commonly used: Falls Jctn.)
- While the name of this community is Falls Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Falls Junction may originally have been Fall's Junction.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Falls Junction might be written as Fall Junction.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Falls Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falls Junction.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Falls Junction 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 Falls Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Falls Junction:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of Falls Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Glenwillow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Solon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Bentleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Bedford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walton Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Randall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chagrin Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Hills is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Russell
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Yates Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Auburn Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Chesterland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Parkman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Aquilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Chardon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Claridon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Wickliffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Kirtland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willowick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Eastlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Lakeline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Oak Hill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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 Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Fields
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Avon Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Avon Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Mahoning County
- Craig Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Hinckley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Brunswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sharon Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Valley City Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Abbeyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Medina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Poe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(26 miles [41.8 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 Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Mantua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Kent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brady Lake
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Hiram
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ravenna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Greentown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Limaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Reminderville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Emmons Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Hudson Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- West Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Phalanx
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Mesopotamia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Canal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Delightful
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Newton Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Doylestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Falls Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Falls Junction.
Cemeteries Near Falls Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Falls Junction.
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 Falls Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Falls Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Roselawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elija Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bedford Center Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northfield - Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (404 more) ...
- Zion Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Falls Junction had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Falls Junction, with the one closest to Falls Junction listed first.
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Solon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twinsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Randall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Randall is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Warrensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensville
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chagrin Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Falls Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Falls Junction.
Newspapers Published in Falls Junction ...
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 484 newspapers that have been published in the area around Falls Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Falls Junction, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Falls Junction.
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 Falls Junction:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Cuyahoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 Falls Junction, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Falls Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |