Welcome to Nickelplate ...

So far, we found very little information about Nickelplate. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Nickelplate to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nickelplate, please Contact Us.

Nickelplate would have been located within present day Lorain County<2>.

The location of Nickelplate has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nickelplate, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nickelplate is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Nickelplate was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Nickelplate would have been located in the (440) area code.

Websites for Nickelplate ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.loraincountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Nickelplate, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Nickelplate ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nickelplate.

• Lorain
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
  • Lorain is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,872 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lorain <5>
• Elyria
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
  • Elyria is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,873 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
• Strongsville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongsville
  • Strongsville is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,481 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strongsville <5>
• North Ridgeville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Ridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridgeville
  • North Ridgeville is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Ridgeville <5>
• Brunswick
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,052 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <5>
• Westlake
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
  • Westlake is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,907 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <5>
• North Olmsted
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Olmsted have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Olmsted
  • North Olmsted is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Olmsted <5>
• Medina
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medina have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
  • Medina is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medina <5>
• Avon Lake
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Lake
  • Avon Lake is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,808 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon Lake <5>
• Avon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Avon is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,745 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Nickelplate. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nickelplate.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nickelplate. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nickelplate.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nickelplate. See our Newspapers Page for Nickelplate.

Adding Nickelplate to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nickelplate in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Nickelplate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Nickelplate post office opened in 1888.

We also found Nickelplate in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nickelplate.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lorain County: www.loraincounty.us

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/