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 Pine Villas (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 Pine Villas. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Pine Villas is located in Medina 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 Medina County: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Summit & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Villas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Villas:
- Medina County (The home county of Pine Villas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Lodi
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Friendsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Westfield Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Pawnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Gloria Glens Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Chippewa Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Risley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- River Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Seville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Polk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Nova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jeromesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Savannah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ruggles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Hayesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- McKay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Strongsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Olmsted Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Binola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Berea
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Royalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Middleburg Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Olmsted
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brook Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parma Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brecksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Birmingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Holmesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Miley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- White Fox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- New London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Wakeman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Greenwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Hartland Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- East Townsend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Olena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Collins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Huntington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Belden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Pheasant Run Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Lagrange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Eaton Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Brighton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Oberlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kipton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Olivesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Shenandoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Ganges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Forty Corners Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Mayflower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Massillon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Paxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Copley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Norton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Barberton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bath Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Richfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Burbank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Aukerman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Congress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Sterling
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rittman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Devil Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- New Pittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Smithville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boys Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Villas, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Villas.
Cemeteries Near Pine Villas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Villas.
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 Pine Villas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Villas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Lodi Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Munson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Voorhees Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chatham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burbank Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Westfield Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Homer Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Reformed Church Cemetery
- The Homer Reformed Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Homerville Reformed Cemetery
- East Homerville Reformed Church Cemetery
- Vanderhoef Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Repp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (538 more) ...
- Westfield Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Black River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Pine Villas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Villas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Villas, with the one closest to Pine Villas listed first.
- Lodi
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Friendsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Burbank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pawnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Chippewa Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Homerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Homerville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homerville
- West Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Congress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Golden Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Golden Corners is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Corners
- Litchfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Villas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Villas.
Newspapers Published in Pine Villas ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Villas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Villas, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Villas.
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 websites either 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 Pine Villas:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Erie County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Richland 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> | 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 Pine Villas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Villas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |