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 Walton Hills (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 Walton Hills. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Walton Hills is located in Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County: Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage & Summit.
Below are the counties that are near Walton Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walton Hills:
- Cuyahoga County (The home county of Walton Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Applecreek Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Applecreek Village is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applecreek Village
- Oakwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
- Bedford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maple Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bedford Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwillow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glenwillow is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwillow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- North Randall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garfield Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,272 people
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Brecksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Bainbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Russell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Chesterland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Auburn Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Welshfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Burton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aquilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Chardon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Parkman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Claridon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- West Bass Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Willoughby Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Willowick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kirtland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waite Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Willoughby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eastlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeline is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Oak Hill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Village
- Timberlake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Timberlake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 642 people
- Brentwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Kirtland Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Fields
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- North Ridgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Avon Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Point is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Point
- Avon Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Grafton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sheffield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elyria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sheffield Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lagrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Hinckley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Youngs Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Windfall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Sharon Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Abbeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Medina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- River Styx
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Wadsworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mantua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Evergreen Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Pine Gate Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Brimfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hiram
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ravenna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hartville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Baltimore is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Northfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Emmons Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Emmons Corner is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmons Corner
- Northfield Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Northfield Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Twinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reminderville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Boston Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Peninsula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hudson Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Richfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- West Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Phalanx
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Phalanx is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phalanx
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rittman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walton Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Walton Hills.
Cemeteries Near Walton Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walton Hills.
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 Walton Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walton Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Bedford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Cemetery
- The Bedford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bedford Center Cemetery
- Northfield - Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zion Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elija Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brecksville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brecksville Cemetery
- The Brecksville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brecksville Highland Drive Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
- Highland Drive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972738 <2>
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (387 more) ...
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Walton Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walton Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walton Hills, with the one closest to Walton Hills listed first.
- Northfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wheelock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelock is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock
- Bedford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falls Junction is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Junction
- Randall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brecksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Solon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Warrensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warrensville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensville
- Boston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Twinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walton Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walton Hills.
Newspapers Published in Walton Hills ...
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 495 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walton Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walton Hills, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walton Hills.
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 Walton Hills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Cuyahoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Stark County
- Summit 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 Walton Hills, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walton Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |