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 Geauga Lake (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 Geauga Lake. 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 Geauga Lake ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Geauga Lake: Geauga Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Geauga Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Geauga Lake.
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.
Geauga Lake is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Stark, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Geauga Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Geauga Lake:
- Portage County (The home county of Geauga Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Aurora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Doolittles Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Mantua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Evergreen Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Hiram
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Gate Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Drakesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Ravenna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Hartsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Bentleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Chagrin Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Moreland Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walton Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Bainbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(6 miles [9.7 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Welshfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Chesterland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parkman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aquilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Middlefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chardon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- West Bass Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- 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
- Kirtland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willoughby Hills
(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
- Wickliffe
(18 miles [29 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
- 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
- Willoughby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Willowick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eastlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Reynolds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Lakeline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Mahoning County
- Craig Beach
(26 miles [41.8 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 Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Hinckley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Granger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Brunswick
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sharon Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Valley City Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Medina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Wadsworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- River Styx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Valley City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- New Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Limaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Greentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Reminderville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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 southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Emmons Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Boston Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Boston
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Phalanx
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- West Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Mesopotamia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newton Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Delightful
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Bristolville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leavittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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
- Lordstown
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Wildare
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Wayne County
- Doylestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Geauga Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Geauga Lake.
Cemeteries Near Geauga Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Geauga Lake.
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 Geauga Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Geauga Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Henry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Aurora Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fowler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Restland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plainview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bainbridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vincent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (420 more) ...
- McConoughey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Russell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Geauga Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Geauga Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Geauga Lake, with the one closest to Geauga Lake listed first.
- Aurora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twinsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Chagrin Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Streetsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mantua
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Geauga Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Geauga Lake.
Newspapers Published in Geauga Lake ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Geauga Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Geauga Lake, 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 Geauga Lake.
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 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 Geauga Lake:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit 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 Geauga Lake, 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- Geauga Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |