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 Little Mountain (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 Little Mountain. 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 Little Mountain ...
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 Little Mountain: Little Mtn. (or less commonly used: Little Mntn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Little Mountain. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little Mountain.
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 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.
Little Mountain is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga & Geauga.
Below are the counties that are near Little Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Mountain:
- Lake County (The home county of Little Mountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Kirtland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirtland Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Mentor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Pecks Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Reynolds
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Waite Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Painesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Willoughby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eastlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Hartsgrove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Trumbull
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- East Trumbull
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Harpersfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harpersfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersfield
- Driftwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Driftwood is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Rock Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Orwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Geneva-on-the-Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Austinburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Gates Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Mayfield Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyndhurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pepper Pike
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Chagrin Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beachwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Chardon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bass Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Chesterland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Aquilla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- East Claridon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Montville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Thompson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yates Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Burton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- South Russell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Middlefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Aurora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hiram
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mantua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Garrettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Streetsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Drakesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Mahoning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Doolittles Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Reminderville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Northfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Macedonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Northfield Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Hudson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Boston Heights
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Mesopotamia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Bristolville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Delightful
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Greene
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Phalanx
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Mountain, see our County-by-County Page for Little Mountain.
Cemeteries Near Little Mountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Mountain.
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 Little Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Center Chardon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- All Souls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- King Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Protestant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mentor Municipal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Municipal Cemetery
- The Mentor Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mentor Cemetery
- Mentor Center Cemetery
- Mentor Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42107 <2>
- Mentor Municipal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Temple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Huntoon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waite Hill Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Kirtland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chardon Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Kirtland Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Little Mountain had a population of 20 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Mountain, with the one closest to Little Mountain listed first.
- Kirtland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Mentor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Mentor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mentor
- Heisley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Heisley is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heisley
- Mentor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chardon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Reynolds
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Painesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fowlers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fowlers Mill is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Mill
- Grand River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fairport Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Breakman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Breakman is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakman
- Wickliffe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Mountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Mountain.
Newspapers Published in Little Mountain ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Mountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Mountain, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Mountain.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Little Mountain:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 Little Mountain, 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' (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- Little Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |