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Welcome to Vigil ...

Vigil is located in Cuyahoga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vigil, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Vigil is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vigil lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Vigil ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Vigil - they are located in Colorado and New Mexico.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vigil.

Communities near Vigil ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vigil.

  • Cleveland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Parma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Parma is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <3>
  • Lorain
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Elyria
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Lakewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • North Ridgeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brunswick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Westlake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • North Olmsted
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • North Royalton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Vigil. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vigil.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vigil. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vigil.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vigil. See our Newspapers Page for Vigil.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vigil ...

Looking for more information about Vigil? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Vigil, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vigil.

Adding Vigil to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vigil in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Vigil was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Vigil post office opened in 1900. The Vigil post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vigil.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Cuyahoga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vigil - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/