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 Orange 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 Orange 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 Orange 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 Orange Center: Orange Ctr. (or less commonly used: Orange Cen., Orange Cent. or Orange Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Orange Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orange 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 northeast 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 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.
Orange Center 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 Orange Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orange Center:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of Orange Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Hunting Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Pepper Pike
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moreland Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woodmere
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beachwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bentleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Chagrin Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Gates Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mayfield Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lyndhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Hills is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
- Ashtabula County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Hartsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Trumbull
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- East Trumbull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- South Russell
(5 miles [8 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
- Chesterland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Aquilla
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Welshfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- West Bass Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- East Claridon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Middlefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Huntsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Waite Hill
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Wickliffe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willowick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Eastlake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kirtland Hills
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Reynolds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Reynolds is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Fields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Avon Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Avon Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Avon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Hinckley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Valley City Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Windfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Abbeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Sharon Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mantua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Evergreen Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Hiram
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Garrettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Drakesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Pine Gate Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Reminderville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Northfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Twinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Emmons Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston Heights
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Hudson Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Peninsula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Richfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- West Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Mesopotamia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Bristolville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Delightful
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Newton Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orange Center, see our County-by-County Page for Orange Center.
Cemeteries Near Orange Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orange 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 Orange Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orange Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Kinsman Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hogsback Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jackson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orange Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orange Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Acacia Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Memorial Park
- The Acacia Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Acacia Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery
- Acacia Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39597 <2>
- Knollwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Park Synagogue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Warrensville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cleveland Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elija Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Orange Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orange Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orange Center, with the one closest to Orange Center listed first.
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- North Solon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Chagrin Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Warrensville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensville
- Gates Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Randall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mayfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Falls Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Fullertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fullertown is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullertown
- Bluestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluestone is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fairmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Collamer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Collamer is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- East Cleveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orange Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orange Center.
Newspapers Published in Orange 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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orange Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orange Center, 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 Orange Center.
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 Orange Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Cuyahoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashtabula County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull 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 Orange Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Orange Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |