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 North Royalton (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 North Royalton. 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 North Royalton ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Royalton: N. Royalton
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Royalton. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Royalton.
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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
North Royalton is located in Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County: Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage & Summit.
Below are the counties that are near North Royalton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Royalton:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of North Royalton)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Middleburg Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bennetts Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Broadview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parma Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Binola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Strongsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Parma
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Berea
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brecksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Bainbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Russell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Yates Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Chesterland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Wickliffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willowick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Waite Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Eastlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kirtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Timberlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Willoughby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Oak Hill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Eaton Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Fields
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Avon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Elyria
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sheffield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lagrange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Hinckley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Granger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Abbeyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Youngs Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Medina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Poe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Litchfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Doolittles Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Brimfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mantua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stark County
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Richfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Emmons Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Northfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bath Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Peninsula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boston Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Montrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Rittman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Doylestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Creston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Burbank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Marshallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Royalton, see our County-by-County Page for North Royalton.
Cemeteries Near North Royalton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Royalton.
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 North Royalton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Royalton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Royalton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Royalton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Parma Public Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eastlawn Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodvale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strongsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lutheran Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Hinckley Center Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
- Barr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- Barr Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parma Heights 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 North Royalton had a population of 176 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, North Royalton had a population of 29,952 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Binola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Strongsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hinckley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Parma
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berea
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brunswick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McKinley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McKinley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Brecksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beebetown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beebetown is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebetown
- West Richfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Richfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richfield
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Willow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Royalton. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Royalton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of North Royalton ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Royalton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of North Royalton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of North Royalton and those printed in the larger area surrounding North Royalton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> of North Royalton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 North Royalton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Cuyahoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Medina 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> | 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 North Royalton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Royalton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |