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 Maple Valley (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 Maple Valley. 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 Maple Valley ...
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 Maple Valley: Maple Vly. (or less commonly used: Maple Vally. or Maple Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Maple Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Maple Valley.
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 doctors and 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.
Maple Valley 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 Maple Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple Valley:
- Summit County (The home county of Maple Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Copley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cuyahoga Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Portage Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Thomastown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Norton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Bath Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Paxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Brecksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Applecreek Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Royalton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Strongsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Bainbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Auburn Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Welshfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Belden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Lagrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Alliance Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Craig Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Sebring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Sharon Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Wadsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Windfall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Poe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Hinckley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Medina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Seville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brunswick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Brimfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Kent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Brady Lake
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Doolittles Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rootstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Aurora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greentown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Hartville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Corners Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Lawrence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Hills and Dales
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Sippo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Oval City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- East Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Massillon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tuscarawas County
- Bolivar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Doylestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Creston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Smithville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- East Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Burbank
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Boys Village
(24 miles [38.6 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 Maple Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Maple Valley.
Cemeteries Near Maple Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple Valley.
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 Maple Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Akron Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glendale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Peace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Peace Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Akron.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #274976 <2>
- St. Augustines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Cemetery
- The Lakewood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hope Evangelical Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spicer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Loyal Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Akron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (570 more) ...
- Middlesbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Burial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Maple Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maple Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple Valley, with the one closest to Maple Valley listed first.
- Akron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Portage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Portage is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Portage
- Barberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Akron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
- Fairlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Copley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thomastown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Brittain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Botzum
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Botzum is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botzum
- Cuyahoga Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Johnsons Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Corners is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corners
- Krumroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Krumroy is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumroy
- Tallmadge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple Valley.
Newspapers Published in Maple Valley ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple Valley, 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 Maple Valley.
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 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 Maple Valley:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga 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 Maple Valley, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maple Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |