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 Carlton (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 Carlton. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Carlton is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Carlton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carlton:
- Mercer County (The home county of Carlton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Milledgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- New Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- North Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- New Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Sandy Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sheakleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clarks Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Stoneboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Kilgore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Jackson Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coolspring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Harrisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Cherry Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Forestville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Eau Claire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Ferris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Slippery Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Lamartine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Foxburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Venus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Alum Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Beaver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Turkey City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Knox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Cochranton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deckard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Frenchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Guys Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wayland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Black Ash
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Fauncetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Kerrtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Meadville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Townville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Edinboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Jamison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Volant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Wilmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Cooperstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Wilson Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Nicklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Polk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Pearl
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Coal City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Oil City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rynd Farm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- York County
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Simons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stanhope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Five Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Superior ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Burghill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kinsman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Weldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- West Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Hartford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carlton, see our County-by-County Page for Carlton.
Cemeteries Near Carlton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlton.
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 Carlton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carlton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Milledgeville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cochranton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millcreek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Kiser Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wygant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brawley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Carlton had a population of 67 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carlton, with the one closest to Carlton listed first.
- Milledgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Deckard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- New Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- New Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- North Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Niles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Niles is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Cooperstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Shaws Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shaws Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaws Landing
- Polk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Sugarcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Mason
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Custards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Custards is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
- Frenchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Sheakleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carlton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carlton.
Newspapers Published in Carlton ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlton, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carlton.
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 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 Carlton:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Trumbull 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carlton) 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 Carlton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |