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Welcome to Geauga Lake ...

Geauga Lake is located in Portage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Geauga Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Geauga Lake: Geauga Lk.

Geauga Lake is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Geauga Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Geauga Lake: 330 & 234<3>

Communities Also Named Geauga Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Geauga Lake: This one is located in Portage County and the other is located in Geauga County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Geauga Lake.

Communities near Geauga Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Geauga Lake.

  • Cleveland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Akron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Akron is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195,994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <4>
  • Parma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Parma is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <4>
  • Cuyahoga Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Euclid
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Euclid is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Euclid <4>
  • Cleveland Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Stow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Stow is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stow <4>
  • North Royalton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Kent
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Kent is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,319 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <4>
  • Garfield Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Garfield Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,272 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Geauga Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Geauga Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Geauga Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Geauga Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Geauga Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Geauga Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Geauga Lake ...

Looking for more information about Geauga Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Geauga Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Geauga Lake.

Adding Geauga Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Geauga Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Geauga Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Geauga Lake post office opened in 1879. The Geauga Lake post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Geauga Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Portage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Geauga Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 330 code has been Overlayed with the 234 area code. New phone numbers in the Geauga Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the Geauga Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/