Place Names Directory: Northeast Ohio
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/ STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Horace R. Collins, Chief Information Circular No. 45 PLACE NAMES DIRECTORY: NORTHEAST OHIO L;L .;;. , . BUREAU Or \.:a .. vl..OGY JALLAHASS.EE,. FLORIOA compiled by Madge R. Fitak Columbus 1976 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF ODNRDEPARTMENT OF OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ADMINISTRATION Horace R. Collins, MS, State Geologist and Division Chief Richard A. Struble, PhD, Geologist and Assistant Chief William J. Buschman, Jr., BS, Administrative Geologist Barbara J. Adams, Office Manager REGIONAL GEOLOGY GEOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY Ronald D. Stieglitz, PhD, Geologist and Section Head George Botoman, MS, Geologist Richard W. Carlton, PhD, Geologist Norman F. Knapp, PhD, Chemist Michael L. Couchot, MS, Geologist Richard M. DeLong, MS, Geologist Michael C. Hansen, MS, Geologist Michele L. Risser, BS, Geologist David A. Stith, MS, Geologist Robert G. Van Hom, MS, Geologist SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY Joel D. Vormelker, MS, Geologist Adriaan Janssens, PhD, Geologist and Section Head Jeffrey B. Hermann, BS, Geologist Frank L. Majchszak, MS, Geologist Craig B. Moore, BS, Geology Technician James Wooten, Geology Technician Linda C. Gearheart, Qerk LAKE ERIE Charles H. Carter, PhD, Geologist and Section Head D. Joe Benson, PhD, Geologist Donald E. Guy, Jr., BA, Geologist Dale L. Liebenthal, Boat Captain PUBLIC SERVICE Thomas J. Feldkamp, BS, Geology Technician Jean Simmons Brown, MS, Geologist and Editor, Supervisor Madge R. Fitak, BS, Geologist Pauline Smyth, MS, Geologist Donna M. Swartz, Technical Typist TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS Jean Simmons Brown, MS, Geologist and Editor, Supervisor Philip J. Celnar, BFA, Cartographer Supervisor TECHNICAL EDITING James A. Brown, Cartographer Donald R. Camburn, Cartographer Jean Simmons Brown, MS, Geologist and Editor, Supervisor James E. Hairston, Cartographer Susan L. Duffield, BS, Geologist and Assistant Editor Jean M. Lesher, Photocopy Composer Merrianne Hackathorn, MS, Geologist and Assistant Editor STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Horace R. Col I ins, Chief Information Circular No. 45 PLACE NAMES DIRECTORY: NORTHEAST OHIO compiled by Madge R. Fitak OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LIBRARY B~:t5~+·~ Columbus 1976 Photocopy composer: Donna M. Swartz Cartographer: James E. Hairston CONTENTS Page Introduction . 1 References . 1 Ashtabula County . 2 Columbiana County . 4 Cuyahoga County . 7 Geauga County . 13 Lake County . 15 Lorain County . 17 Mahoning County . 20 Medina County . 23 Portage County . 25 Stark County . 28 Summit County . 32 Trumbull County . 36 Wayne County . 39 FIGURE 1. Counties covered by this guide iii PLACE NAMES DIRECTORY: NORTHEAST OHIO compiled by Madge R. fitak INTRODUCTION population over 1,000. Any unincorporated community with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants is classified as a communi- The state of Ohio has been mapped completely on ty in this listing. A few entries, such as State Public Hunting 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle maps; coverage for the Area or Game Refuge Area, are included because they entire state consists of 789 maps, which are published by the appear in that form on the topographic map and may be U.S. Geological Survey. This guide is intended to be used useful to users of this directory. with these maps, which are at a scale of 1 :24,000, or 1 inch In some instances a printed map name is known to be equals 2,000 feet (1 centimeter equals 240 meters). Each misspelled, to have been changed, or to have a variant quadrangle map covers approximately 62 square miles (161 spelling. In such a case the correction or variant spelling is square kilometers). given in brackets. An asterisk indicates that the quadrangle The guide is organized by county, and the counties are name has been changed: Westfield Center quadrangle grouped according to the districts used by the Ohio (Medina County) was formerly the Leroy quadrangle. Any Department of Transportation. This first listing covers errors or omissions noticed by users of this guide should be thirteen counties in northeastern Ohio (fig. 1 ): Ashtabula, forwarded to the Division of Geological Survey. Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, U.S. Geological Survey 7 .5-minute maps for the state of Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, and Wayne. Ohio may be purchased from the following agencies: Guides to Ohio place names in other areas of the state will be published as the inventories are completed. Ohio Department of Natural Resources U.S. Geological Survey All place names which appear on the topographic maps Division of Geological Survey Distribution Section are listed by county and in alphabetical order, and the name Fountain Square Building B 1200 South Eads Street of the map (or maps) on which that place name can be Columbus, Ohio 43224 Arlington, Virginia 22202 found is indicated. Included in this listing are townships, cities, villages, communities, streams, lakes, schools, churches, cemeteries, and other named natural and cultural REFERENCES features. The stream or body of water into which a stream flows is indicated in parentheses. The classifications of the Brown, T. W., 1970, Ohio population report, Nineteenth Federal Census: Columbus, Ohio, 222 p. 1970 Ohio Population Report (Brown, 1970) are followed Cross, W. P., 1967, Drainage areas of Ohio stream, supplement to in this guide and are included in parentheses to indicate the Gazetteer of Ohio streams: Ohio Div. Water, Ohio Water Plan status of a community. In the 1970 Ohio Population Report Inventory Rept. 12a, 61 p. a city is defined as any municipal corporation with a Krolczyk, J. C., 1954, Gazetteer of Ohio streams: Ohio Div. Water, Ohio Water Plan Inventory Rept. 12, 175 p., 2 maps. population over 5,000; a village is defined as any municipal Ohio Department of Transportation, 1974, Ohio transportation map. corporation with a population less than 5 ,000; an unincor- Ohio Division of Water, 1973, Principal streams and their drainage porated place is an unincorporated community with a areas: map. 0 5 10 20 MILES 0 10 20 30 KILOMETERS GEAUGA FIGURE 1.-Counties covered by this guide. 2 ASHTABULA COUNTY ,_~ Camp Calvary North Kingsville v o'<- "' Camp Griswold Ashtabula South ~ ~ Camp Luther North Kingsville '1'" " .::," ~~ __.-§"1"''?" Camp Peet Conneaut ~~ I i,....-,_~.v Camp Whitewood Windsor vo Camp Yakewi Jefferson ~ o'<- '?: ~ Carson Pond Gageville / 1V Cederquist Park Ashtabula North [....--"'" ,_~ Center Cemetery Cherry Valley 00 c; v ,;:- I Center Cemetery Corineaut o~ ~'1'" '1'" <t~"' Center Creek (Grand River) Ashtabula South, Jefferson ,!;? I .::," 0 "-° ~ <Q $' Chapel Hills Golf Course Ashtabula South .p 01;; 0'1'" <t' ~ I ,_'1'" Cherry Valley (community) Cherry Valley ~ '1'" Cherry Valley Cemetery Cherry Valley I I Cherry Valley Township Andover, Cherry Valley, I v Dorset, Leon .::," o~ Chestnut Grove Cemetery Ashtabula South o~ ,t ~ o~ Chestnut School Ashtabula South ~c; '(-.::, ,p '<; '<'<; ,p v Circle Resort (community) East Trumbull o~ ' ,:: 00 II ,_.:;;; c}"' .., City Cemetery Conneaut "''?" Clark Corners (community) Conneaut I Coffee Creek (Grand River) Ashtabula South, Gageville Colebrook (community) Orwell Colebrook Township Cherry Valley, Gustavus, ~0~1 o'<- v v.1 ,,,'<- I ~ Orwell oc; «," ~'1'" .:- !(:~ -.I. 00 Columbus School Ashtabula North v" ~~ 0 c} I (t .t Community Church East Trumbull ~'<; Conneaut (city) Conneaut "''?" (J I .......___ I Conneaut Creek (Lake Erie) Conneaut, North Kingsville Conneaut Harbor Conneaut [Conneaut] Municipal Stadium Conneaut 0 i,o v .::,"> .:,..:::'"' .:,. '1'"~ Conneaut Park Conneaut MILES ,_'1'" cf Conneaut Township Conneaut, North Kingsville o" .::,"> .v~ c;: 0 Cork (community) East Trumbull <Q<i" Cork Cemetery East Trumbull Cowles Creek (Lake Erie) Geneva Crooked Creek (Grand River) East Trumbull, Windsor Crosby Cemetery Orwell ASHTABULA COUNTY Crystal Lake Andover Deeming School Orwell Name Quadrangle(s) Denmark Center (community) Gage ville Denmark Township Dorset, Gageville, Leon, Amboy (community) Conneaut, North Kingsville Pierpont Amboy School Conneaut Dodgeville (community) Orwell Andover (village) Andover Dodgeville Cemetery Orwell Andover Cemetery Andover Dorset (community) Dorset Andover Township Andover, Leon Dorset Cemetery Dorset Armington Lake East Trumbull, Geneva Dorset Township Dorset, Leon Ashtabula (city) Ashtabula North, Ashtabula Driftwood (community) Geneva, Madison South Durkee Cemetery Conneaut Ashtabula Airport Gageville Ashtabula and Buffalo Dock Ashtabula North Eagleville (community) Jefferson Ashtabula-Conneaut Airport North Kingsville East Ashtabula (community) Ashtabula North Ashtabula County Childrens Home Ashtabula South East Branch Ashtabula River (West Ashtabula Creek (Ashtabula River) Conneaut, Pierpont Branch Ashtabula River) Leon, Pierpont Ashtabula-Jefferson Airport Ashtabula South East Brownville Cemetery Orwell Ashtabula River (Lake Erie) Ashtabula North, Ashtabula East Lake Cemetery North Kingsville South, Gageville, Pierpont East Lakeville Cemetery Conneaut Ashtabula Township Ashtabula North, Ashtabula East Lenox Cemetery Jefferson South, Gageville, North East Orwell (community) Orwell Kingsville East Trumbull (community) East Trumbull Askue Run (Mill Creek) Dorset East Trumbull Cemetery East Trumbull Assumption Church Geneva Echerd Airfield East Trumbull Austinburg (community) Ashtabula South Edgewood (unincorporated place) Ashtabula North, Ashtabula Austinburg Center Cemetery Ashtabula South South Austinburg Township