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 Middlefield (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 Middlefield. 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.
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.
Middlefield is located in Geauga 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 Geauga County: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Portage, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Middlefield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Middlefield:
- Geauga County (The home county of Middlefield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Burton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Parkman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Welshfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Aquilla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Auburn Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Montville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Chardon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Yates Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- South Russell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Hartsgrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Orwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Colebrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Trumbull
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Dodgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- East Trumbull
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Roaming Shores
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Rock Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Harpersfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Harpersfield is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersfield
- Eagleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Chagrin Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Gates Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Moreland Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mayfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Solon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mayfield Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pepper Pike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glenwillow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Lyndhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Kirtland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Kirtland Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Waite Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Perry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Painesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Willoughby Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mentor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Craig Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Mineral Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Austintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Hiram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garrettsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mahoning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Mantua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Wayland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Doolittles Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Reminderville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Hudson Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Emmons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Boston Heights
(26 miles [41.8 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
- 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
- Stow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 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 Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Mesopotamia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bristolville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Phalanx
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Delightful
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Wildare
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Greene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Leavittsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Austin Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Crawford County (PA)
- Turner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Middlefield, see our County-by-County Page for Middlefield.
Cemeteries Near Middlefield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middlefield.
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 Middlefield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Middlefield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Middlefield Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hayes Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burroughs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yoder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Welton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slitor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bundysburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Overlook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Claridon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (373 more) ...
- Huntsburg Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Patch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Troy 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 Middlefield had a population of 746 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Middlefield had a population of 2,690 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Middlefield, with the one closest to Middlefield listed first.
- Burton Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burton Station is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Station
- Burton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bundysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bundysburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundysburg
- East Claridon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Huntsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Welshfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Parkman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mesopotamia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Claridon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claridon
- South Newbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Newbury is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- West Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Windsor Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windsor Mills is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Mills
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hiram
(10 miles [16.1 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 Middlefield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Middlefield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Middlefield ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middlefield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Middlefield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Middlefield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Middlefield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> of Middlefield.
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 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 Middlefield:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Geauga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Crawford 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 Middlefield, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Middlefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |