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 Woodlyn Acres (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 Woodlyn Acres. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Woodlyn Acres is located in Huron 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 Huron County: Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Lorain, Richland, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Woodlyn Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodlyn Acres:
- Huron County (The home county of Woodlyn Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- New London
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fitchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Delphi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- North Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Olena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- West Clarksfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- White Fox
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Fox is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
- Hartland Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- Coble Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Ruggles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Polk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Albion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Redhaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Mifflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Rowsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Hayesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Jeromesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Tiro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- New Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crestline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Chatfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Galion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Berlinville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Florence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Birmingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Shinrock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Avery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Huron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bogart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Fairview Lanes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Huntington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Huntington is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Brighton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Wellington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kipton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Pheasant Run Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Run Village is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run Village
- Oberlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Lagrange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- South Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Amherst is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Belden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belden is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pawnee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pawnee is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- River Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- River Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Corners
- Lodi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Risley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Risley is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risley
- Litchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Friendsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Westfield Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Morrow County
- Blooming Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olivesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Ganges
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Plymouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shelby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Mansfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Maybee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- Bellevue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Attica Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Attica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Omar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Caroline
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Carrothers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Flat Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Scipio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- West Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Bloomville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Republic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- West Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lattasburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Congress
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Aukerman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- New Pittsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Burbank
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Funk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Devil Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Creston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodlyn Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Woodlyn Acres.
Cemeteries Near Woodlyn Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodlyn Acres.
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 Woodlyn Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodlyn Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Ninevah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kniffin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ruggles Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Golding Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gregg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (475 more) ...
- Fitchville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barre Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fayette Cemetery
(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 Woodlyn Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodlyn Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodlyn Acres, with the one closest to Woodlyn Acres listed first.
- Ruggles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- New London
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fitchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
- Adario
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Adario is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adario
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shenandoah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Semples
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Semples is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semples
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Ganges
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodlyn Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodlyn Acres.
Newspapers Published in Woodlyn Acres ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodlyn Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodlyn Acres, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodlyn Acres.
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 Woodlyn Acres:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Huron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lorain County
- Medina County
- Morrow County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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 Woodlyn Acres, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodlyn Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |