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 Fish Creek (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 Fish Creek. 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 Fish Creek ...
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 Fish Creek: Fish Crk. (or less commonly used: Fish Ck. or Fish Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fish Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fish Creek.
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 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.
Fish Creek 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 Fish Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fish Creek:
- Summit County (The home county of Fish Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Munroe Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Tallmadge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cuyahoga Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hudson Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Mogadore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boston Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- North Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Columbiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Glenwillow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Solon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walton Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Solon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Broadview Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chagrin Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Bainbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- South Russell
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Welshfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Yates Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Parkman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- East Claridon
(29 miles [46.7 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 Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Pecks Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Willoughby Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Craig Beach
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Alliance Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- North Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Patmos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Ellsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Granger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sharon Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Hinckley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- River Styx
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Acme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Brunswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Kent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Brimfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Pine Gate Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Streetsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Suffield Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Rootstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Campbellsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Greentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Limaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Oval City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- North Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Canal Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hills and Dales
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Alliance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Corners Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- South Canal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Delightful
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Lordstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- West Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Leavittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Doylestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fish Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Fish Creek.
Cemeteries Near Fish Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fish Creek.
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 Fish Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fish Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Stow Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Breakneck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cackler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cuyahoga Falls Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42494 <2>
- Tallmadge Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Tallmadge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Tallmadge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Washburn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (530 more) ...
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thorndyke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Restland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Fish Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fish Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
- Munroe Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Earlville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Darrowville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Darrowville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrowville
- Cuyahoga Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tallmadge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brimfield Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Brimfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Metz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Metz is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brittain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Mogadore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Streetsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Akron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fish Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fish Creek.
Newspapers Published in Fish Creek ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fish Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fish Creek, 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 Fish Creek.
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 Fish Creek:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Trumbull 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 Fish Creek, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fish Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |