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 Westfield Center (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 Westfield Center. 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 Westfield Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Westfield Center: Westfield Ctr. (or less commonly used: Westfield Cen., Westfield Cent. or Westfield Cntr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Westfield Center. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Westfield Center.
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.
Westfield Center 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 Westfield Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westfield Center:
- Medina County (The home county of Westfield Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Friendsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Gloria Glens Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Seville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Acme
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Poe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Medina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Risley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Homer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Albion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Polk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Rowsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Nova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jeromesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Savannah
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hayesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Ruggles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- McKay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Mifflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 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 Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- 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
- North Royalton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berea
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Olmsted Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Broadview Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brecksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brook Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Olmsted
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Parma Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Erie County
- Birmingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Holmesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Miley Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- White Fox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- New London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Clarksfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Wakeman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Greenwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Belden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Huntington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Pheasant Run Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Lagrange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grafton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eaton Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Fields
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Oberlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elyria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Mishler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Olivesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Shenandoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Forty Corners Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Mayflower Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Massillon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brewster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Paxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Copley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Barberton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Bath Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bath
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Comet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Creston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aukerman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Rittman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Congress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- West Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Devil Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Smithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Boys Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Marshallville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lattasburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westfield Center, see our County-by-County Page for Westfield Center.
Cemeteries Near Westfield Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westfield Center.
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 Westfield Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westfield Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Old Westfield Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Westfield Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Friendsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Canaan Bend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Lodi Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burbank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mound Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Seville.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (579 more) ...
- Guilford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spitzer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Westfield Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westfield Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westfield Center, with the one closest to Westfield Center listed first.
- Friendsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Creston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chippewa Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Burbank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Canaan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Canaan is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Acme
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- River Styx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Poe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Golden Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Golden Corners is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Corners
- Rittman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westfield Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westfield Center.
Newspapers Published in Westfield Center ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westfield Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westfield Center, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westfield Center.
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 either 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 Westfield Center:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Erie County
- Holmes County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Portage County
- Richland County
- Stark County
- Summit 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> | 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 Westfield Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westfield Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |