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 Johnsons Corners (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 Johnsons Corners. 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 Johnsons Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Johnsons Corners: Johnsons Cors.
- While the name of this community is Johnsons Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Johnsons Corners may originally have been Johnson's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Johnsons Corners might be written as Johnson Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Johnsons Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Johnsons Corners.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Johnsons Corners is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Johnsons Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnsons Corners:
- Wayne County (The home county of Johnsons Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Sterling
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rittman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Creston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Doylestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marshallville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weilersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Orrville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boys Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Aukerman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Burton City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jeromesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hayesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McKay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Bailey Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ruggles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Strongsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Binola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- North Royalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Olmsted Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Parma Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brook Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Holmesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Benton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Miley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- White Fox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- New London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Belden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Huntington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Lagrange
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Grafton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Fields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Oberlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Seville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Acme
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Westfield Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- River Styx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Wadsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friendsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Gloria Glens Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <2>
- Poe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Suffield Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brimfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Richland County
- Olivesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- North Lawrence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Forty Corners Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Massillon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Brewster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Norton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- New Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Pigeon Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Barberton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Copley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Portage Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Fairlawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Bath Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strasburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnsons Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Johnsons Corners.
Cemeteries Near Johnsons Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnsons Corners.
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 Johnsons Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnsons Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Sterling Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Ann Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rittman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mound Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mound Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Seville.
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Apostolic Christian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shinersburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (612 more) ...
- Maple Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flickinger 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.<4>
While we didn't find Johnsons Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnsons Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnsons Corners, with the one closest to Johnsons Corners listed first.
- Sterling
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rittman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Creston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Canaan
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Acme
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Smithville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Golden Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Corners is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Corners
- Marshallville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wadsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- River Styx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Friendsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnsons Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnsons Corners.
Newspapers Published in Johnsons Corners ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnsons Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnsons Corners, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnsons Corners.
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 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 Johnsons Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Johnsons Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnsons Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |