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 Colonial Village (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 Colonial Village. 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 Colonial Village ...
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 Colonial Village: Colonial Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Colonial Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Colonial Village.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Colonial Village is located in Venango 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 Venango County: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Mercer & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Colonial Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colonial Village:
- Venango County (The home county of Colonial Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Hasson Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Siverly
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Oil City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rouseville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rynd Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Woodland Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Petroleum Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Plumer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Seneca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cranberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Hill City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Coal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Parker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Ferris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Bruin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Harrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Petrolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Bovard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Venus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Pine City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Fryburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfs Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Lamartine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Newmansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Beaver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Elk City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Iron City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Knox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Gresham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Titusville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hydetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Black Ash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Fauncetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Deckard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Tryonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Townville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Guys Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cochranton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vrooman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Frenchtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Jamison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fagundus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Gilfoyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Redclyffe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Balltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Marienville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Clarington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Ella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Corsica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- North Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Milledgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Kilgore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Sandy Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- New Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Stoneboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Jackson Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Clarks Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Sheakleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Enterprise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Tidioute
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Cobham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- West Spring Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Garland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Hermit Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colonial Village, see our County-by-County Page for Colonial Village.
Cemeteries Near Colonial Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colonial Village.
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 Colonial Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colonial Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shaw Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lamey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McCrea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Hill Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Craig Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <3>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Colonial Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Colonial Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colonial Village, with the one closest to Colonial Village listed first.
- Oil City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McClintock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Siverly
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Rynd Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Rouseville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oleopolis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oleopolis is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleopolis
- Reno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plumer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Petroleum Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Eagle Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eagle Rock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Cherrytree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherrytree is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cranberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Coal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- President
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colonial Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colonial Village.
Newspapers Published in Colonial Village ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colonial Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colonial Village, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colonial Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Colonial Village:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Mercer 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> | 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- Colonial Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Colonial Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |