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 Lockwood 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 Lockwood 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 Lockwood 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lockwood Corners: Lockwood Cors.
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 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.
Lockwood Corners 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 Lockwood Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lockwood Corners:
- Summit County (The home county of Lockwood Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Portage Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Barberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Thomastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Norton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Comet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Greensburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pekin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Columbiana County
- Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Brecksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Broadview Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- North Royalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Oakwood
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Independence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Strongsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Geauga County
- Bainbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Holmes County
- Mount Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lorain County
- Belden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Maple Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beloit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Wadsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sharon Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Youngs Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- River Styx
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Granger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Poe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Windfall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Seville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Gloria Glens Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Suffield Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brimfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Rootstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Doolittles Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Pine Gate Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Streetsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village
(21 miles [33.8 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 Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Canal Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Forty Corners Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Lawrence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sippo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Massillon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mayflower Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Hills and Dales
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Oval City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Bolivar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Strasburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zoarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Parral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Doylestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burton City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Creston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Weilersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Boys Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lockwood Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Lockwood Corners.
Cemeteries Near Lockwood Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lockwood 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 Lockwood Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lockwood Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Lockwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Augustines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Farband & Workmen's Circle Cemeteries
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anshe Sfard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Cemetery
- The Lakewood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hope Evangelical Cemetery
- East Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Slovak Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slovak Evangelical Cemetery
- The Slovak Evangelical Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
- Continue List (584 more) ...
- Akron Hebrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Norton Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Colliers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Lockwood Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lockwood Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lockwood Corners, with the one closest to Lockwood Corners listed first.
- Barberton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Portage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Portage is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Portage
- Krumroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Krumroy is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumroy
- Thomastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- South Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
- Johnsons Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Corners is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corners
- Comet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- East Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sherman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brittain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Doylestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canal Fulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Myersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lockwood Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lockwood Corners.
Newspapers Published in Lockwood 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 177 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lockwood Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lockwood Corners, 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 Lockwood 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 Lockwood Corners:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Holmes County
- Lorain County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark 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 Lockwood Corners, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lockwood Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |