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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Paradise. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Paradise to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Paradise, please Contact Us.
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 Paradise (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 Paradise. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Paradise is historic, it would have been located within present day Wayne 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 Wayne County: Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit & Tuscarawas.
Below are the counties that are near Paradise. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paradise:
- Wayne County (The home county of Paradise)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Orrville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- East Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Boys Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Marshallville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burton City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Apple Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wooster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Devil Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Redhaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Albion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Jeromesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Polk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Hayesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- McKay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Loudonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perrysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Bailey Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- New Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Layland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Cuyahoga County
- Bennetts Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Holmesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Miley Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Charm
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Farmerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Killbuck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Huntington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Belden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Pheasant Run Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Wellington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Seville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Acme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Wadsworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westfield Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- River Styx
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Friendsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Gloria Glens Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <2>
- Lodi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Sharon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Mishler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- East Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- North Lawrence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sippo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Canal Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Forty Corners Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Brewster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Justus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Massillon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilmot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Comet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Portage Lakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Pigeon Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Copley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Akron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Akron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Dundee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Strasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bolivar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shanesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Parral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Zoar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Baltic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Mineral City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paradise, see our County-by-County Page for Paradise.
Cemeteries Near Paradise ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paradise.
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 Paradise - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paradise covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Paradise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Grove Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Memorial Park
- The Maple Grove Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Grove Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kapp - Gish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kapp - Gish Cemetery
- The Kapp - Gish Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arick Cemetery
- Eby Cemetery
- Gish Cemetery
- Haltzer Cemetery
- Holzer Cemetery
- Kapp Cemetery
- Kapps Cemetery
- Knapp Cemetery
- Steele Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- The Steele Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sommer Cemetery
- Bodine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smithville Mennonite Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (655 more) ...
- Stauffer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orrs Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Paradise in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paradise.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paradise, with the one closest to Paradise listed first.
- Orrville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weilersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- East Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- McQuaid ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McQuaid is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuaid
- Marshallville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Madisonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madisonburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Wooster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burton City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summit ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paradise. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paradise.
Newspapers Published in Paradise ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paradise.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paradise, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paradise.
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 Paradise:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Coshocton County
- Cuyahoga County
- Holmes County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Paradise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Paradise) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |