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 Kingsleys 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 Kingsleys 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 Kingsleys 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 Kingsleys Corners: Kingsleys Cors.
- While the name of this community is Kingsleys Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kingsleys Corners may originally have been Kingsley's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kingsleys Corners might be written as Kingsley 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kingsleys Corners is located in Lorain 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 Lorain County: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron & Medina.
Below are the counties that are near Kingsleys Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingsleys Corners:
- Lorain County (The home county of Kingsleys Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Grafton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Belden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Lagrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fields
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Pheasant Run Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Elyria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Ridgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oberlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sheffield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wellington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Albion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Nova
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Polk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Ruggles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Redhaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Bailey Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Rowsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Olmsted Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Strongsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Binola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Berea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- North Olmsted
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middleburg Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Royalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westlake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brook Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Dover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North Dover is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dover
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Florence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Berlin Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berlinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Shinrock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Huron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Milan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Milan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- White Fox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- Wakeman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- New London
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Collins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- East Townsend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Hartland Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- Hartland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Fitchville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Olena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Greenwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norwalk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Valley City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Valley City Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Litchfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Risley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Abbeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Brunswick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- River Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Medina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pawnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Bath Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Richfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Paxton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Montrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Copley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Emmons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Burbank
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Aukerman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Creston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Congress
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Rittman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lattasburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Doylestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devil Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marshallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingsleys Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Kingsleys Corners.
Cemeteries Near Kingsleys Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingsleys 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 Kingsleys Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingsleys Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- North Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Belden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aldrich Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knowles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhoe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Martin of Tours Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- LaGrange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange Cemetery
- The LaGrange Cemetery has also been known as:
- La Grange Cemetery
- Lagrange Community Cemetery
- Lagrange Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1564912 <3>
- Butternut Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rest Acre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Acre Cemetery
- The Rest Acre Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emanuel Cemetery
- Lester Cemetery
- New Law Cemetery
- Reuter Cemetery
- Myrtle Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- La Porte Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Litchfield Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Kingsleys Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kingsleys Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingsleys Corners, with the one closest to Kingsleys Corners listed first.
- Belden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Erhart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erhart is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erhart
- North Eaton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Eaton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Eaton
- Lagrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laporte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laporte
- Columbia Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Litchfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beebetown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beebetown is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebetown
- Fields
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Shawville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shawville is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawville
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Penfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Penfield is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
- Mallet Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mallet Creek is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallet Creek
- Abbeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingsleys Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingsleys Corners.
Newspapers Published in Kingsleys 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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingsleys Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingsleys 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 Kingsleys 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 Kingsleys Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Lorain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Medina County
- Summit County
- Wayne 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 Kingsleys 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingsleys Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |