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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 Slab City (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 Slab City. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Slab City is located in Chautauqua County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chautauqua County: Cattaraugus, Erie, Erie (PA) & Warren (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Slab City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slab City:

  • Chautauqua County     (The home county of Slab City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
    • Sherman
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • North Clymer
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
    • Stebbins Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Stebbins Corners is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stebbins Corners
    • French Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
    • Findley Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Stedman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Stedman is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stedman
    • Panama
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mayville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ripley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bayview is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Bemus Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cattaraugus County
    • Conewango
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Conewango is located in Cattaraugus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewango
  • Crawford County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
    • Spartansburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Canadohta Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
    • Riceville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Riceville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
    • Lincolnville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincolnville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Vrooman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Vrooman is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
    • Centerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Brown Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Brown Hill is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Hill
    • Rootville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Rootville is located in Crawford County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
  • Erie County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
    • North East
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hornby
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hornby is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
    • Freeport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Freeport is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Wattsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Corry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Corry is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corry <1>
    • Beaver Dam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Phillipsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Phillipsville is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
    • Arbuckle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Arbuckle is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
    • Elgin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Elgin is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Union City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawrence Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Lawrence Park is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Park
    • Wesleyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Warren County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
    • Bear Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Colza
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Colza is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
    • Lottsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lottsville is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
    • Sugar Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • West Spring Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • West Spring Creek is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
    • East Branch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • East Branch is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
    • Garland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Garland is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Pittsfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Youngsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sanford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sanford is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
    • Putnamville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Putnamville is located in Warren County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slab City, see our County-by-County Page for Slab City.

Cemeteries Near Slab City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slab City.

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 Slab City - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slab City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.

  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Sherman.
    • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sherman Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Slab City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1118552 <3>
  • Sherman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mina Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Marks Corners Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wait's Corners Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Clymer Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clymer Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Matthias Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • French Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • North Harmony Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • South Ripley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...

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.<4>

While we didn't find Slab City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slab City.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.

  • Sherman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mina
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mina is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
  • North Clymer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
  • French Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
  • Summerdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerdale is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
  • South Ripley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • South Ripley is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ripley
  • Findley Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Clymer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Panama
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Stedman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stedman is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stedman
  • Cutting
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cutting is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutting
  • Lombard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lombard is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Marvin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Marvin is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
    • Chautauqua
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheelock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Wheelock is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelock

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slab City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slab City.

Newspapers Published in Slab City ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slab City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slab City, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slab City.

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 Slab City:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Slab City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Slab City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.