A visit to the Pioneer Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Pioneer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pioneer Cemetery:
41.4006, -79.8364
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Venango County<2>.
The county seat for Venango County is located in Franklin. Franklin lies just to the southeast of the Pioneer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pioneer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pioneer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pioneer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery
- Morrison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Morrison Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- Graham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Graham Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Cemetery
- Forest Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Sandy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Sandy Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sandy Cemetery
- Melat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Melat Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melat Cemetery
- Sunset Hill Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Millcreek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Grove Hill Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill Cemetery
- Lamey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Lamey Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamey Cemetery
- Millcreek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Millcreek Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek Cemetery
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Shaffer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Shaffer Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaffer Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Shaw Farm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Shaw Farm Cemetery is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Farm Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shaw Farm Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Oil City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46322 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Pioneer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pioneer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Sugarcreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Nicklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- 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
- 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
- Woodland Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Utica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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 north)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Cranberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Seneca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Siverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- North Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Pearl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Rouseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rynd Farm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Henderson Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Saint George
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Wilson Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Hill City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Bullion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Petroleum Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Deckard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Pioneer Cemetery. The following communities are located in Venango County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pioneer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Franklin
- Oil City
- Petroleum Center
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Pioneer Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Venango County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Pioneer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1199317 (Pioneer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1199317 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Venango
- Est. Elev: 310 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Franklin
- Location given for Pioneer Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.4006135 Lon: -79.8364438
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Venango, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pioneer Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |