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 Oakwood (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 Oakwood. 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 and hospitals 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.
Oakwood 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 Oakwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakwood:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of Oakwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Applecreek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Bedford Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walton Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Randall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Maple Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Highland Hills is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
- Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Valley View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Bainbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Russell
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Chesterland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aquilla
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Middlefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Claridon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- West Bass Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Waite Hill
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Eastlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Lakeline
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Timberlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Fields
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Avon Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Avon Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Avon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Belden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sheffield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Hinckley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Windfall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Sharon Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Abbeyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Medina
(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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Wadsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Mantua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Pine Gate Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Hiram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ravenna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Baltimore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Greentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Northfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Emmons Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Twinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Reminderville
(5 miles [8 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
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Hudson Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peninsula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- West Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Phalanx
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Mesopotamia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Canal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Delightful
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Newton Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Doylestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakwood, see our County-by-County Page for Oakwood.
Cemeteries Near Oakwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakwood.
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 Oakwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Bedford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bedford Center Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elija Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Northfield - Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zion Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (396 more) ...
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Oakwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakwood, with the one closest to Oakwood listed first.
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Falls Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Northfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Randall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Twinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Solon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warrensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warrensville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brecksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Chagrin Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakwood.
Newspapers Published in Oakwood ...
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 496 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakwood, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakwood.
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 Oakwood:
- 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
- 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 Oakwood, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oakwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |