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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 Goodyear Heights (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 Goodyear Heights. 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 Goodyear Heights ...
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 Goodyear Heights: Goodyear Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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.
Goodyear Heights 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 Goodyear Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goodyear Heights:
- Summit County (The home county of Goodyear Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Tallmadge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- East Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Cuyahoga Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Munroe Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemore
(4 miles [6.4 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 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
- Portage Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Stow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barberton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Malvern
(30 miles [48.3 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 Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Reading
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- North Georgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Glenwillow
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Solon
(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
- Bedford Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Royalton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Bainbridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Yates Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Parkman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lorain County
- Belden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- 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
- Craig Beach
(25 miles [40.2 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
- 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
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patmos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Granger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sharon Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Acme
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Windfall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Hinckley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Poe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Seville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brunswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Brimfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brady Lake
(9 miles [14.5 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
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Pine Gate Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Streetsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Camelot Village
(14 miles [22.5 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 Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Hartville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- North Canton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Canal Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Limaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Forty Corners Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Meyers Lake
(18 miles [29 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
- North Lawrence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- South Canal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Tuscarawas County
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Doylestown
(14 miles [22.5 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dalton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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
- 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
- Burbank
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goodyear Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Goodyear Heights.
Cemeteries Near Goodyear Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodyear Heights.
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 Goodyear Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goodyear Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Middlesbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Akron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Tallmadge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Tallmadge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tallmadge Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Springfield Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Springfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spicer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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>
- Continue List (565 more) ...
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glendale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Akron Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Goodyear Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goodyear Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goodyear Heights, with the one closest to Goodyear Heights listed first.
- Brittain
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- 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
- East Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Thomastown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Tallmadge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Cuyahoga Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Krumroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Krumroy is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumroy
- Mogadore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Munroe Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brimfield Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Suffield Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Portage is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Portage
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goodyear Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodyear Heights.
Newspapers Published in Goodyear Heights ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodyear Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodyear Heights, 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 Goodyear Heights.
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 Goodyear Heights:
- 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 Goodyear Heights, 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 from Point A (ie- Goodyear Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |