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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 Bleakley Hill (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 Bleakley Hill. 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 and doctors 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.

Bleakley Hill is located in Venango 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 Venango County: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Mercer & Warren.

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

  • Venango County     (The home county of Bleakley Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • Franklin
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Uniontown
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Uniontown is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Nicklin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Nicklin is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
    • Sugarcreek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
    • Woodland Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
    • Polk
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Polk is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
    • Oil City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Seneca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Siverly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Siverly is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
    • Cooperstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Cooperstown is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
    • Coal City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Coal City is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
    • Colonial Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Colonial Village is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Armstrong County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • Parker
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Fredericksburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
    • Bradys Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
    • Queenstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
    • Kaylor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • Cherry Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Eau Claire
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Murrinsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Murrinsville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
    • Harrisville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferris
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Ferris is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
    • Forestville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Forestville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Bovard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Bovard is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
    • Branchton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Branchton is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
    • Bruin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bruin is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
    • Slippery Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Fairview is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
    • Hallston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hallston is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
  • Clarion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • Lamartine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lamartine is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
    • Pine City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Pine City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Venus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Venus is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
    • Beaver City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
    • Knox
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Knox is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <1>
    • Turkey City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Turkey City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
    • Alum Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
    • Foxburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Iron City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Iron City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
    • Jefferson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Monroe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Monroe is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Saint Petersburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • Deckard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Deckard is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
    • Black Ash
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Black Ash is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
    • Fauncetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
    • Cochranton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gresham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Gresham is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Hydetown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hydetown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Titusville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Frenchtown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Guys Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Townville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Townville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Wayland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wayland is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Tryonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Tryonville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
  • Forest County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • Jamison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jamison is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
    • Tionesta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Fagundus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fagundus is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
    • Trunkeyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
  • Lawrence County
    • Volant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • North Sandy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • North Sandy is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
    • New Lebanon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
    • Kilgore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kilgore is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
    • Milledgeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
    • Sandy Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Perrine Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
    • New Vernon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • New Vernon is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
    • Stoneboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jackson Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarks Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
    • Enterprise
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Enterprise is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Perrys Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bleakley Hill, with the one closest to Bleakley Hill listed first.
    • Enterprise
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Selkirk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Selkirk is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
    • Sanford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanford is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
    • Tidioute
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • East Branch is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
  • York County
    • Adamsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville

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

Cemeteries Near Bleakley Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bleakley Hill.

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 Bleakley Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <2>
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Old Sandy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Morrison Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Forest Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunset Hill Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Melat Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (174 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.<3>

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

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

  • Franklin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Reno
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sugarcreek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
  • Mason
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mason is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Niles
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Niles is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
  • Polk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Polk is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
  • Foster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Foster is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
  • East Sandy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Sandy is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandy
  • Astral
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Astral is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astral
  • Brandon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Brandon is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
  • Coal City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Coal City is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
  • Cooperstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cooperstown is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Seneca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Siverly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Siverly is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
    • Oil City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Bleakley Hill ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bleakley Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bleakley Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bleakley Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bleakley Hill:

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 Bleakley Hill, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bleakley Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.