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 Forest Hill (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 Forest Hill. 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 doctors 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.
Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Hill:
- Summit County (The home county of Forest Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Tallmadge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cuyahoga Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Akron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Munroe Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Stow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Lakemore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Mogadore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barberton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbiana County
- Reading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Applecreek Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Brecksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Bedford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Solon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North Royalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Bainbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Auburn Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Welshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Parkman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Belden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Craig Beach
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Sharon Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Granger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Wadsworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Windfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Hinckley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acme
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Poe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brunswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville
(21 miles [33.8 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 Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Brimfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brady Lake
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Rootstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Ravenna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Pine Gate Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Streetsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsport
(15 miles [24.1 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 Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Hartville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Canal Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Forty Corners Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- Limaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Harter Heights
(20 miles [32.2 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 Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- South Canal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Tuscarawas County
- Bolivar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Doylestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Weilersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Burbank
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Boys Village
(28 miles [45.1 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 Forest Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Hill.
Cemeteries Near Forest Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hill.
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 Forest Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Spicer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Middlesbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glendale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Tallmadge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Tallmadge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tallmadge Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Peace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Peace Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Akron.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #274976 <2>
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Continue List (561 more) ...
- Harrington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Akron Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Springfield 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 Forest Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hill, with the one closest to Forest Hill listed first.
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
- Brittain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Tallmadge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Akron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Cuyahoga Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Munroe Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Krumroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Krumroy is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumroy
- Barberton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Portage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Portage is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Portage
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mogadore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Botzum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Botzum is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botzum
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hill.
Newspapers Published in Forest Hill ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Forest Hill:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Forest Hill, 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |