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 Wadsworth (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 Wadsworth. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Wadsworth is located in Medina 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 Medina County: Ashland, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Summit & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Wadsworth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wadsworth:
- Medina County (The home county of Wadsworth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Sharon Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- River Styx
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Poe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Seville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Windfall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Youngs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Granger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Medina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <1>
- Gloria Glens Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Rowsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Polk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jeromesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Broadview Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North Royalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Strongsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Binola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Brecksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Berea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Independence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Olmsted Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parma Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Mount Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Holmesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Belden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Lagrange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Huntington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Fields
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Wellington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Ridgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elyria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Suffield Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Brimfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(23 miles [37 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
- Rootstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Streetsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Gate Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Camelot Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Forty Corners Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Mayflower Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- West Brookfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Massillon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Norton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Copley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Barberton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Portage Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Bath Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Akron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tuscarawas County
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Doylestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rittman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Orrville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Weilersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Aukerman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wadsworth, see our County-by-County Page for Wadsworth.
Cemeteries Near Wadsworth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wadsworth.
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 Wadsworth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wadsworth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Holmes Brook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shinersburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- The Chestnut Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Doylestown Cemetery
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- River Styx Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Doylestown Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (583 more) ...
- Doylestown Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter's & Paul's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest Sharon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wadsworth had a population of 1,574 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Wadsworth had a population of 24,374 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wadsworth, with the one closest to Wadsworth listed first.
- Western Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Western Star is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Star
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sherman is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Rittman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Doylestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- River Styx
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Blake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Johnsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnsons Corners is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corners
- Seville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Copley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Poe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wadsworth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wadsworth.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wadsworth ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wadsworth.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wadsworth. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wadsworth and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wadsworth.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> of Wadsworth.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Wadsworth:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Holmes County
- Lorain County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas 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 Wadsworth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wadsworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |