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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 Clarion Junction (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 Clarion Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Clarion Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Clarion Junction: Clarion Jct. (or less commonly used: Clarion Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Clarion Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clarion Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals 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.
Clarion Junction 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 Clarion Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clarion Junction:
- Clarion County (The home county of Clarion Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Arthurs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Clarion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shippenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elk City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Iron City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Strattanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Helen Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Pine City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Reidsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Mechanicsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Knox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beaver City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- South Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Millville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Parker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Tidal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Wattersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Bradys Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Queenstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Dee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Putneyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- McWilliams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Fredericksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Bruin
(20 miles [32.2 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
(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
- Petrolia
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Kepples Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Murrinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Chicora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Hooker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Gresham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Titusville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Millstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Clarington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tionesta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Jamison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Roses
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Trunkeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Balltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Smicksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Corsica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Howe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Sigel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Baxter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Ohl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Brookville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Langville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- Kilgore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Fertigs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Nickleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Coal Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hill City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Emlenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cranberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- President
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Seneca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Siverly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Saint George
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Tidioute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clarion Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Clarion Junction.
Cemeteries Near Clarion Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarion Junction.
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 Clarion Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarion Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Clarion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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>
- Miola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Dutch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Phipps Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Venus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venus Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Venus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46568 <2>
- Asbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dehner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Starr Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (122 more) ...
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Clarion Junction had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clarion Junction, with the one closest to Clarion Junction listed first.
- Paint Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paint Mills is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Mills
- Clarion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arthurs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Miola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miola is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miola
- Elk City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Strattanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucinda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reidsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Helen Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Mongtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mongtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mongtown
- Knox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Snydersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snydersburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydersburg
- Fern
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fern is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Marble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarion Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarion Junction.
Newspapers Published in Clarion Junction ...
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 Clarion Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clarion Junction, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clarion Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Clarion Junction:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Crawford 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clarion Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Clarion Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |