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 Sites Lake Cottage Area (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 Sites Lake Cottage Area. 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 Sites Lake Cottage Area ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Sites Lake Cottage Area: Sites Lk. Cottage Area
- While the name of this community is Sites Lake Cottage Area, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sites Lake Cottage Area may originally have been Site's Lake Cottage Area.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sites Lake Cottage Area might be written as Site Lake Cottage Area.
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 northwest 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 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.
Sites Lake Cottage Area is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.
Below are the counties that are near Sites Lake Cottage Area. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area:
- Richland County (The home county of Sites Lake Cottage Area)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Lucas
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mansfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Olivesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Shenandoah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Hanley Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hanley Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
- Alta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Ontario
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ganges
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Bellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
- Bellville has also been known as:
- McClures Settlement
- McClure
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellville <2>
- Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maybee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Mifflin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hayesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ashland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McKay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Perrysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeromesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Loudonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rowsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Crestline
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tiro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- North Robinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- New Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bucyrus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Miley Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Nashville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwell is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
- Killbuck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Greenwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Delphi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Fitchville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- New Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Celeryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- North Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Willard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Olena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Steuben
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- North Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Liberty is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Jelloway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jelloway is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelloway
- Nunda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nunda is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
- Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Batemantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Batemantown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
- Amity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Fredericktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Danville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gann
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gann is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Buckeye City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Buckeye City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye City
- Dorema
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorema is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorema
- Lucerne ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Huntington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Rochester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marion County
- Martel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Pawnee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Spencer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- River Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Westfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Risley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- West Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Iberia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Chesterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gilead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Funk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- New Pittsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Lattasburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Shreve
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Congress
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Devil Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Aukerman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Moreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Wooster
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area, see our County-by-County Page for Sites Lake Cottage Area.
Cemeteries Near Sites Lake Cottage Area ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sites Lake Cottage Area.
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 Sites Lake Cottage Area - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sites Lake Cottage Area covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Koogle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Zehner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mifflin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Vesper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Petit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Copus Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ohl Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Windsor Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (500 more) ...
- Smeltzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lantz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel 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.<4>
While we didn't find Sites Lake Cottage Area in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sites Lake Cottage Area.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sites Lake Cottage Area, with the one closest to Sites Lake Cottage Area listed first.
- Mifflin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Pavonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pavonia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavonia
- Widowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Widowville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widowville
- Lucas
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paradise Hill is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Mansfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Epworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Epworth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth
- Olivesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Ashland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hastings is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Perrysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McKay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Newville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Jeromesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sites Lake Cottage Area. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sites Lake Cottage Area.
Newspapers Published in Sites Lake Cottage Area ...
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 165 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sites Lake Cottage Area.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sites Lake Cottage Area, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sites Lake Cottage Area.
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 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 Sites Lake Cottage Area:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Knox County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Sites Lake Cottage Area, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Sites Lake Cottage Area) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |