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 Moran (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 Moran. 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.
Moran is located in Portage 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 Portage County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Stark, Summit & Trumbull.
Below are the counties that are near Moran. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moran:
- Portage County (The home county of Moran)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Camelot Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brady Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Evergreen Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mantua
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Glenwillow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Bentleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Walton Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chagrin Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Solon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Brecksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Welshfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Chesterland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Parkman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Chardon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Claridon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Pecks Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Willoughby Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Wickliffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Willowick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Kirtland Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Eastlake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Oak Hill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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 Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Craig Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- North Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alliance Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Maple Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Sebring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Hinckley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Granger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Sharon Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Brunswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Acme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Abbeyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Medina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Greentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Limaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Oval City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- North Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Canal Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Corners Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Louisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Hudson Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reminderville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Stow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boston Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Emmons Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Munroe Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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 Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Phalanx
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- South Canal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Delightful
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Leavittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lordstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Mesopotamia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Bristolville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Doylestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moran, see our County-by-County Page for Moran.
Cemeteries Near Moran ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moran.
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 Moran - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moran covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Draper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Hudson Twp. Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Streetsboro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Markillie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cackler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Moran in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moran.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
- Streetsboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Metz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Metz is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Darrowville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Darrowville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrowville
- Earlville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Falls Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peninsula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Munroe Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Solon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shalersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shalersville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shalersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moran. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moran.
Newspapers Published in Moran ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moran.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moran, 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 Moran.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Moran:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Portage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 Moran, 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 from Point A (ie- Moran) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |