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 Medina (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 Medina. 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 Medina ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Medina was referred to as Medina Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Medina. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Medina.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 and doctors 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.
Medina is located in Medina County and is the County Seat.
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 Medina County: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Summit & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Medina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Medina:
- Medina County (The home county of Medina)
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Windfall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Poe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Abbeyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Granger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sharon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Youngs Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- River Styx
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valley City Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Valley City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Albion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Polk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Nova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jeromesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Savannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ruggles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Bailey Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Strongsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Binola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- North Royalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Olmsted Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parma Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brook Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- North Olmsted
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Erie County
- Birmingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- White Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- New London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wakeman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Belden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Lagrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Fields
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Huntington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Wellington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Ridgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elyria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oberlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Brimfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mishler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Streetsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Camelot Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Doolittles Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- East Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Forty Corners Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Rolling Hills Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Mayflower Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Massillon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Paxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Bath Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Copley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Bath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Richfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Norton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barberton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Akron
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Creston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burbank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aukerman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Marshallville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Congress
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- West Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Devil Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Orrville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weilersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Medina, see our County-by-County Page for Medina.
Cemeteries Near Medina ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Medina.
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 Medina - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Medina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Medina Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Medina Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spitzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- River Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Medina Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Center Cemetery
- The Medina Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bagdad Cemetery
- Fenn Road Cemetery
- Medina Twp. Cemetery
- Hamilton Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weymouth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (527 more) ...
- York Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waltz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shaw 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Medina had a population of 2,073 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Medina had a population of 25,968 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Medina, with the one closest to Medina listed first.
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Poe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Windfall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Chippewa Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Abbeyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Weymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weymouth is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Mallet Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mallet Creek is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallet Creek
- Blake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- River Styx
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Sharon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Granger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Remsen Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Remsen Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remsen Corners
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Brunswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Erhart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erhart is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erhart
- Seville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Medina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Medina.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Medina ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Medina.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Medina. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Medina and those printed in the larger area surrounding Medina.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of Medina.
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 either 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 Medina:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit 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> | 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 Medina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Medina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |