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 Canoe Furnace (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 Canoe Furnace. 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 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 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.
Canoe Furnace 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 Canoe Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Canoe Furnace:
- Clarion County (The home county of Canoe Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Wentlings Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wentlings Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentlings Corners
- Jefferson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Elk City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Knox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beaver City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Monroe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Iron City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Callensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Turkey City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Shippenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sligo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alum Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Wattersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Bradys Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- South Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Tidal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Millville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Kaylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Deanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Rimer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Dee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Bruin
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Petrolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Eau Claire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Ferris
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Murrinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Chicora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Hooker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Elk County
- Millstone
(25 miles [40.2 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 Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Tionesta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jamison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Clarington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Trunkeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Indiana County
- Smicksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Corsica
(16 miles [25.7 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Ella
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Baxter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Ohl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Langville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Howe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Sigel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pansy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Brookville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Worthville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Coolspring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Kilgore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- North Sandy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Courtneys Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Perrine Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Perrys Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- North Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Nickleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Fertigs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Emlenton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hill City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- 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
- Cranberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Eakin Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Saint George
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Seneca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- President
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Clintonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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 Canoe Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Canoe Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Canoe Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canoe Furnace.
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 Canoe Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Canoe Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Phipps Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clarion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 <2>
- Starr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Dutch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zion United Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Schreffler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (137 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Miola Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 Canoe Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Canoe Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Canoe Furnace, with the one closest to Canoe Furnace listed first.
- Jefferson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Blairs Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blairs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Corners
- Mongtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mongtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mongtown
- Knox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elk City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Monroe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Turnip Hole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turnip Hole is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip Hole
- Callensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Turkey City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Alum Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Sligo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reidsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clarion Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarion Junction is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion Junction
- Paint Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Mills is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Mills
- Lamartine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Canoe Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canoe Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Canoe Furnace ...
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 Canoe Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Canoe Furnace, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Canoe Furnace.
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 Canoe Furnace:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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> | 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- Canoe Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Canoe Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |