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 Munroe Falls (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 Munroe Falls. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Munroe Falls 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 Munroe Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Munroe Falls:
- Summit County (The home county of Munroe Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Stow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Tallmadge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cuyahoga Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mogadore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Hudson Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Thomastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Boston Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Columbiana County
- Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Glenwillow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Applecreek Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Solon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Walton Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Maple Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Independence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Bainbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Yates Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chesterland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Burton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Pecks Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Willoughby Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Craig Beach
(23 miles [37 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
- Maple Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Patmos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- North Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Granger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Sharon Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hinckley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Windfall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Acme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Poe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Brunswick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Medina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(5 miles [8 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
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Doolittles Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Pine Gate Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Rootstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mishler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- New Baltimore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Oval City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- North Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Limaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Canal Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forty Corners Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Alliance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- South Canal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Delightful
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Lordstown
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Leavittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Austin Village is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Doylestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Sterling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Munroe Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Munroe Falls.
Cemeteries Near Munroe Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Munroe Falls.
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 Munroe Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Munroe Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Stow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tallmadge Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Tallmadge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cuyahoga Falls Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42494 <2>
- New Tallmadge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Washburn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stow Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thorndyke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (537 more) ...
- Harrington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Munroe Falls had a population of 31 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Munroe Falls had a population of 5,054 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Munroe Falls, with the one closest to Munroe Falls listed first.
- Tallmadge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cuyahoga Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Metz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Metz is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Brimfield Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Darrowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Darrowville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrowville
- Brittain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Brimfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Earlville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- North Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Springfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springfield
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mogadore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Munroe Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Munroe Falls.
Newspapers Published in Munroe Falls ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Munroe Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Munroe Falls, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Munroe Falls.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Munroe Falls:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbiana County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark 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 Munroe Falls, 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- Munroe Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |