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 Manhattan Beach (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 Manhattan Beach. 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 Manhattan Beach ...
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 Manhattan Beach: Manhattan Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Manhattan Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Manhattan Beach.
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 and doctors 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.
Manhattan Beach is located in Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County: Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage & Summit.
Below are the counties that are near Manhattan Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manhattan Beach:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of Manhattan Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Nottingham
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Bratenahl
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bratenahl is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratenahl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,153 people
- Euclid
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Cleveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cleveland Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Highland Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richmond Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Euclid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- University Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lyndhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beachwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Chesterland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Yates Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Bainbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chardon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aquilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- West Bass Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Auburn Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Burton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Claridon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Welshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Huntsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Wickliffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willowick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Eastlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Willoughby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waite Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Oak Hill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Pecks Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Brentwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Reynolds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Avon Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Avon Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- North Ridgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fields
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Sheffield Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sheffield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Elyria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Hinckley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Valley City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Abbeyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mantua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Evergreen Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Northfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Emmons Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Macedonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Northfield Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Reminderville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Boston Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Hudson Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Peninsula
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Richfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manhattan Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Manhattan Beach.
Cemeteries Near Manhattan Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manhattan Beach.
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 Manhattan Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manhattan Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glenville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nelaview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Euclid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Cleveland Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garfield Tomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Cleveland.
- The Lake View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41762 <2>
- Mayfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mayfield Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Cleveland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42019 <2>
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Lutheran Cemetery
- The St. John Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Chardon Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wickliffe Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (263 more) ...
- St. John Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erie Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Manhattan Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manhattan Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manhattan Beach, with the one closest to Manhattan Beach listed first.
- Collinwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Collinwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Nottingham
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Coits
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coits is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coits
- East Cleveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Collamer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Collamer is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Euclid
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Bluestone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bluestone is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Noble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Noble is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Fairmount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Wickliffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Road ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Road is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Road
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Cleveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warrensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Warrensville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manhattan Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manhattan Beach.
Newspapers Published in Manhattan Beach ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manhattan Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manhattan Beach, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manhattan Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Manhattan Beach:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Cuyahoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit 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 Manhattan Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manhattan Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |