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 Silver Lake (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 Silver Lake. 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 Silver Lake ...
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 Silver Lake: Silver Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Silver Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver Lake.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Silver Lake is located in Summit 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 Summit County: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Stark & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Silver Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Lake:
- Summit County (The home county of Silver Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Stow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Munroe Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cuyahoga Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tallmadge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Boston Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peninsula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Applecreek Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Glenwillow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Oakwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Walton Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Solon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Maple Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Bainbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Russell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Auburn Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Yates Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Chesterland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Parkman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Pecks Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Willoughby Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Belden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Craig Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Maple Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Alliance Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
- Sebring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beloit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Granger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Sharon Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Hinckley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Acme
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Brunswick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Poe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Kent
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Brady Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Brimfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Pine Gate Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Suffield Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Ravenna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- New Baltimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Canal Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oval City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oval City is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
- Limaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Limaville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 144 people
- Hills and Dales
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Forty Corners Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meyers Lake is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 565 people
- North Lawrence
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- South Canal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Canal is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canal
- Newton Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Phalanx
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Delightful
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- West Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leavittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lordstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lordstown is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,244 people
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Doylestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rittman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Creston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orrville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Silver Lake.
Cemeteries Near Silver Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Lake.
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 Silver Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Stow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cuyahoga Falls Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42494 <2>
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harrington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wyoga Lake Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tallmadge Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Tallmadge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Tallmadge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stow Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Northampton Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (523 more) ...
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Peace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Peace Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Akron.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #274976 <2>
- Washburn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<3>
While we didn't find Silver Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Cuyahoga Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Munroe Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Metz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Metz is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Darrowville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Darrowville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrowville
- Tallmadge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kent
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Botzum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Botzum is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botzum
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brittain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brittain is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain
- Brimfield Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brimfield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Station
- Earlville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Earlville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Everett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Everett is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Ira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ira is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- South Akron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Akron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Lake.
Newspapers Published in Silver Lake ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Lake, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silver Lake.
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 Silver Lake:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Summit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Mahoning County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark 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 Silver Lake, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silver Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |