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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 Blairs Corners (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 Blairs Corners. 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 Blairs Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Blairs Corners: Blairs Cors.
- While the name of this community is Blairs Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Blairs Corners may originally have been Blair's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Blairs Corners might be written as Blair Corners.
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 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.
Blairs Corners is located in Clarion County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clarion County: Armstrong, Butler, Forest, Jefferson & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Blairs Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blairs Corners:
- Clarion County (The home county of Blairs Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wentlings Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wentlings Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentlings Corners
- Monroe
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Beaver City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Turkey City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Knox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Callensburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Alum Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Lamartine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Elk City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Saint Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Foxburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Parker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Wattersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Kaylor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Tidal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Rimer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Millville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Dee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Deanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Bruin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Cherry Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Petrolia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Karns City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Ferris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Murrinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Chicora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Millerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Elk County
- Millstone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Tionesta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jamison
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Clarington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Trunkeyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Marienville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Corsica
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Summerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Baxter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Ella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Ohl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Langville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Howe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Pansy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Sigel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Worthville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Brookville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coolspring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Kilgore
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Enterprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- North Sandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Courtneys Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Perrys Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- North Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Sandy Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Jackson Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stoneboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Nickleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Emlenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fertigs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Hill City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Saint George
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Cranberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Eakin Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Coal Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Coal City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Seneca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bullion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Warren County
- Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blairs Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Blairs Corners.
Cemeteries Near Blairs Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blairs Corners.
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 Blairs Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blairs Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Starr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Phipps Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion United Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Schreffler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Georgeville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Dutch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clarion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clarion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Clarion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230169 <3>
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Bickle Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farren Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blairs Corners had a population of 110 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blairs Corners, with the one closest to Blairs Corners listed first.
- Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Monroe
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Turnip Hole
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turnip Hole is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip Hole
- Turkey City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Alum Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Callensburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Knox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mongtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mongtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mongtown
- Lamartine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Saint Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elk City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Mariasville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Foxburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Sligo
(6 miles [9.7 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 Blairs Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blairs Corners.
Newspapers Published in Blairs Corners ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blairs Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blairs Corners, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blairs Corners.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Blairs Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blairs Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Blairs Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |