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 Seven Hills (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 Seven Hills. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seven Hills:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of Seven Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Independence
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Broadview Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
- Parma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brecksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garfield Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,272 people
- Parma Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newburgh Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newburgh Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,015 people
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Bainbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- South Russell
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Auburn Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Aquilla
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Bass Lake
(30 miles [48.3 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 Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Wickliffe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willowick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners
(22 miles [35.4 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 northeast)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Eastlake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kirtland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeline
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Timberlake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Willoughby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Oak Hill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Kirtland Hills
(25 miles [40.2 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 Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Fields
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Eaton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- North Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Avon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Avon Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Belden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sheffield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elyria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sheffield Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lagrange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lorain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Hinckley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Granger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Abbeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Sharon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Medina
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Poe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Litchfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Kent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mantua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brimfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hiram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stark County
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Emmons Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Northfield Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Richfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Macedonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boston Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Peninsula
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twinsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bath Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Hudson Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Doylestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seven Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Seven Hills.
Cemeteries Near Seven Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seven Hills.
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 Seven Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seven Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maple Shade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brecksville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Workmans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Polish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Royalton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barr Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Heights Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (375 more) ...
- Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Seven Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seven Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seven Hills, with the one closest to Seven Hills listed first.
- Independence
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brecksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Parma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bedford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Linndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Linndale is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Linndale
- Linndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linndale is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linndale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- McKinley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKinley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Binola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bennetts Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- West Richfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Richfield is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richfield
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seven Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seven Hills.
Newspapers Published in Seven Hills ...
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 571 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seven Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seven Hills, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seven Hills.
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 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 Seven Hills:
- 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
- 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 Seven Hills, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seven Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |