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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 Sunnyside (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 Sunnyside. 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.

Sunnyside is located in Lorain 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 Lorain County: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron & Medina.

Below are the counties that are near Sunnyside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunnyside:

  • Lorain County     (The home county of Sunnyside)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Vermilion-on-the-Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Brownhelm Station
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Brownhelm Station is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm Station
    • Vermilion
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Amherst
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Henrietta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Henrietta is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
    • South Amherst
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • South Amherst is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
    • Lorain
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kipton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Kipton is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Oberlin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elyria
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Sheffield Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sheffield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Ashland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Nova
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Ruggles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ruggles is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
  • Champaign County
    • Rochester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Rochester is located in Champaign County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
  • Cuyahoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Bay Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • North Dover
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • North Dover is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dover
    • North Olmsted
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Westlake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Olmsted Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Berea
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Berea is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,508 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <1>
    • Fairview Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rockport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rockport is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Rocky River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Binola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
    • Strongsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Brook Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Birmingham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Florence
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Florence is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Berlin Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shinrock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shinrock is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
    • Berlinville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Berlinville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
    • Huron
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • North Milan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Milan is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
    • Milan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Avery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Avery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Bogart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bogart is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
    • Fairview Lanes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
    • Sandusky
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Huron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Wakeman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Collins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Collins is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • East Townsend
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Townsend is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
    • White Fox
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • White Fox is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
    • West Clarksfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
    • Hartland Station
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartland Station is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
    • Hartland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartland is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Norwalk
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Olena
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Olena is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
    • Monroeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Fitchville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Fitchville is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
    • New London
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Litchfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Valley City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Risley ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Risley is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
    • River Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • River Corners is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
    • Spencer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Valley City Station
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Valley City Station is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
    • Abbeyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Abbeyville is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
    • Brunswick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pawnee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pawnee is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
    • Homer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Homer is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Medina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ottawa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Marblehead
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Violet ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Violet is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
    • Danbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Danbury is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
    • Catawba Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
    • Gypsum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Put-in-Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandusky County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Teemes ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Teemes is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
    • Bellevue
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunnyside, see our County-by-County Page for Sunnyside.

Cemeteries Near Sunnyside ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnyside.

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 Sunnyside - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunnyside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.

  • Brownhelm Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Claus Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rugby Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kendeigh Corner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crownhill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cleveland Street Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cuddleback Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Township Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (256 more) ...
    • Harrison Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Birmingham Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gore Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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 Sunnyside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunnyside.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.

  • Brownhelm Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Brownhelm Station is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm Station
  • Brownhelm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownhelm is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm
  • Vermilion
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Axtel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Axtel is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtel
  • Amherst
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Henrietta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Henrietta is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Birmingham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ashmont ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashmont is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
  • Lorain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Florence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Florence is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Ogontz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ogontz is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogontz
  • Ceylon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ceylon is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Kipton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Kipton is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Oberlin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Berlin Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunnyside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunnyside.

Newspapers Published in Sunnyside ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnyside.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnyside, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnyside.

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 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 Sunnyside:

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 Sunnyside, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunnyside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.