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 Northfield Center (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 Northfield Center. 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 Northfield Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Northfield Center: Northfield Ctr. (or less commonly used: Northfield Cen., Northfield Cent. or Northfield Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Northfield Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Northfield Center.
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 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.
Northfield Center 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 Northfield Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Northfield Center:
- Summit County (The home county of Northfield Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Emmons Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Macedonia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Northfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Twinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peninsula
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Reminderville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Walton Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Oakwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Brecksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Solon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broadview Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Bainbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Auburn Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Chesterland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Parkman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aquilla
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Middlefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Waite Hill
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Willowick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Eastlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lakeline
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Kirtland Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Eaton Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Fields
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Belden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Avon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Avon Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Sheffield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elyria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lagrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Hinckley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Brunswick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Windfall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Sharon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Medina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Valley City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- River Styx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Aurora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Doolittles Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Kent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mantua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brimfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Uniontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- New Baltimore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Canal Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Limaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Phalanx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- West Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Newton Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Canal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Doylestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Northfield Center, see our County-by-County Page for Northfield Center.
Cemeteries Near Northfield Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northfield Center.
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 Northfield Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Northfield Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Northfield - Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- All Saints Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boston Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Macedonia.
- The Boston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boston Mills Cemetery
- Boston Moral Cemetery
- Boston Union Cemetery
- Helltown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #734037 <2>
- Dewey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brecksville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brecksville Cemetery
- The Brecksville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brecksville Highland Drive Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
- Highland Drive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972738 <2>
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bedford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bedford Center Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Markillie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (420 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Northfield Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Northfield Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Northfield Center, with the one closest to Northfield Center listed first.
- Macedonia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Northfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Falls Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Brecksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peninsula
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Solon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- West Richfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Richfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richfield
- Richfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Everett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Everett is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Northfield Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Northfield Center.
Newspapers Published in Northfield Center ...
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 500 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northfield Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northfield Center, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northfield Center.
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 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 Northfield Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Northfield Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Northfield Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |