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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 Churchville (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 Churchville. 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.
Churchville 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 Churchville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Churchville:
- Clarion County (The home county of Churchville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Curllsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Reidsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Piolett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Brinkerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Sligo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Leatherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Mechanicsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Rimersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Crates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Clarion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Callensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Millville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Deanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Tidal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Dee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Wattersonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- McWilliams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Putneyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Queenstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Rimer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Eddyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Bradys Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Parker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Bruin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Petrolia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Karns City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Chicora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Eau Claire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cherry Valley
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Fenelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Hooker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Greece City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- 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 Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Clarington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Tionesta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roses
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Jamison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Marienville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Smicksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Beyer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Georgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Elkin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Marchand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Mottarns Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Plumville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Ambrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Davis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Willet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Home
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Home is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Rochester Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Summerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Corsica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Langville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Ohl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Baxter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Pansy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Timblin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Brookville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coolspring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Howe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Ella
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Green Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Nickleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Emlenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Hill City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Coal Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Eakin Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Cranberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Saint George
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Coal City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Seneca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- President
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Bullion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Churchville, see our County-by-County Page for Churchville.
Cemeteries Near Churchville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Churchville.
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 Churchville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Churchville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Duncan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Paradise Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Westview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Miola Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Churchville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Churchville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Curllsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Piolett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Brinkerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Reidsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Sligo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Toby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Rimersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Truittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Truittsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truittsburg
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Crates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Clarion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Callensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Churchville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Churchville.
Newspapers Published in Churchville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Churchville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Churchville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Churchville.
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 websites either 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 Churchville:
- 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
- Lawrence County
- Venango 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> | 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 Churchville, 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- Churchville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |