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 Firestone Park (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 Firestone Park. 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 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 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.
Firestone Park 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 Firestone Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Firestone Park:
- Summit County (The home county of Firestone Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Thomastown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- East Akron
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Portage Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Barberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lakemore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- North Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Mogadore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Myersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- New Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Norton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Malvern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pekin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Reading
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Chambersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- North Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Brecksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Broadview Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Glenwillow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Walton Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Royalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Solon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Bainbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Lorain County
- Belden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Alliance Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beloit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Craig Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Damascus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Wadsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sharon Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Granger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Acme
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Windfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Poe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Hinckley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Seville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Suffield Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brimfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Rootstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Pine Gate Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Streetsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Canal Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Canton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Corners Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- New Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hills and Dales
(14 miles [22.5 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
- North Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sippo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Harter Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harter Heights is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harter Heights
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- South Canal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Strasburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zoar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Doylestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burton City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Sterling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Weilersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Boys Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Firestone Park, see our County-by-County Page for Firestone Park.
Cemeteries Near Firestone Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Firestone Park.
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 Firestone Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Firestone Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Anshe Sfard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Farband & Workmen's Circle Cemeteries
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slovak Evangelical Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slovak Evangelical Cemetery
- The Slovak Evangelical Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
- East Akron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spicer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Augustines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lakewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Cemetery
- The Lakewood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hope Evangelical Cemetery
- Glendale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (583 more) ...
- Middlesbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Akron Hebrew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Firestone Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Firestone Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Firestone Park, with the one closest to Firestone Park listed first.
- South Akron
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
- Thomastown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- East Akron
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Krumroy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Krumroy is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumroy
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brittain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Barberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Portage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Portage is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Portage
- North Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Johnsons Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Corners is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corners
- Myersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- Mogadore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tallmadge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Suffield Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Firestone Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Firestone Park.
Newspapers Published in Firestone Park ...
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 181 newspapers that have been published in the area around Firestone Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Firestone Park, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Firestone Park.
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 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 Firestone Park:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lorain County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull County
- Tuscarawas 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> | 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 Firestone Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Firestone Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |