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 Weymouth (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 Weymouth. 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 hospitals 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.
Weymouth 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 Weymouth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weymouth:
- Medina County (The home county of Weymouth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Windfall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Granger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Brunswick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hinckley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Medina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abbeyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Valley City Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley City Station is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City Station
- Poe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Sharon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Albion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Polk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Redhaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Nova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(26 miles [41.8 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 Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Bennetts Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- North Royalton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Strongsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Binola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Binola is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binola
- Broadview Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Middleburg Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brecksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parma Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Olmsted Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Seven Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Independence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Bainbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Russell
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Huron County
- White Fox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Belden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Eaton Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Estates is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Estates
- Grafton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fields
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fields is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Lagrange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Ridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Run Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Elyria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sheffield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Wellington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Kent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Streetsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Brimfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Doolittles Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Suffield Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Mishler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Pine Gate Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Stark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Canal Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Lawrence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- Forty Corners Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greentown is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Hartville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- North Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Hills and Dales
(30 miles [48.3 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 Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Bath Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bath Center is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Center
- Bath
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Richfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Pigeon Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
- Copley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peninsula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boston is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mill
- Helltown
- Norton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boston Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Boston Heights is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Barberton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Rittman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Creston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Doylestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Burbank
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshallville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Aukerman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- Smithville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Congress
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burton City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Orrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weilersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weymouth, see our County-by-County Page for Weymouth.
Cemeteries Near Weymouth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weymouth.
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 Weymouth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weymouth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Weymouth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Medina Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Center Cemetery
- The Medina Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bagdad Cemetery
- Fenn Road Cemetery
- Medina Twp. Cemetery
- Town Line Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairview Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Medina Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ganyard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lutheran Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Medina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (502 more) ...
- River Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reed Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Hinckley Center Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Weymouth had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weymouth, with the one closest to Weymouth listed first.
- Remsen Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Remsen Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remsen Corners
- Windfall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Granger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Granger is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Medina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hinckley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Abbeyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Abbeyville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Chamberlain ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlain is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
- Mallet Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mallet Creek is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallet Creek
- Poe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Sharon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bennetts Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bennetts Corners is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Corners
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Beebetown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beebetown is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebetown
- River Styx
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Montrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weymouth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weymouth.
Newspapers Published in Weymouth ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weymouth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weymouth, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weymouth.
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 Weymouth:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Medina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Cuyahoga County
- Geauga County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Portage 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 Weymouth, 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' (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- Weymouth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |