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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 Conneaut Lake (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 Conneaut Lake. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Conneaut Lake is located in Crawford County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crawford County: Ashtabula (OH), Trumbull (OH), Erie, Mercer, Venango & Warren.

Below are the counties that are near Conneaut Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Conneaut Lake:

  • Crawford County     (The home county of Conneaut Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conneaut Lake, with the one closest to Conneaut Lake listed first.
    • Lynces Junction
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Harmonsburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Watson Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Geneva
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Crawford County
    • Hartstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kerrtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dicksonburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Norrisville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fredericksburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
      • Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
    • Linesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linesville
      • Linesville is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linesville <3>
    • Atlantic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
      • Atlantic is located in Crawford County
    • Adamsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conneaut Lake, with the one closest to Conneaut Lake listed first.
    • Pennside
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Keepville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Albion
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Edinboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinboro
      • Edinboro is located in Erie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,405 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinboro <3>
    • Tracy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tracy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
      • Tracy is located in Erie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tracy
      • From Conneaut Lake to Tracy
    • Cranesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
      • Cranesville is located in Erie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cranesville <3>
    • Cherry Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Franklin Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Francis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Francis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
      • Francis is located in Erie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Francis
      • From Conneaut Lake to Francis
    • Little Elk
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Platea
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
      • Platea is located in Erie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Cross
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
      • Cross is located in Erie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cross
      • From Conneaut Lake to Cross
  • Mercer County
  • Venango County
  • York County
  • Ashtabula County (OH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conneaut Lake, with the one closest to Conneaut Lake listed first.
    • Simons
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Simons. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
      • Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Simons
      • From Conneaut Lake to Simons
    • Andover
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <3>
    • Richmond Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • West Andover
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • West Williamsfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Stanhope
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanhope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
      • Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stanhope
      • From Conneaut Lake to Stanhope
    • Wick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
      • Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wick
      • From Conneaut Lake to Wick
    • Dorset
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rowenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rowenton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
      • Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rowenton
      • From Conneaut Lake to Rowenton
    • Kelloggsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Colebrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • New Lyme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Lyme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
      • New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Lyme
      • From Conneaut Lake to New Lyme
  • Trumbull County (OH)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Conneaut Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Conneaut Lake.

Cemeteries Near Conneaut Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Conneaut Lake.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Conneaut Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Conneaut Lake, with the one closest to Conneaut Lake listed first.

  • Barber Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barber Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Adsit Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adsit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adsit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McMichael Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMichael Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMichael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mushrush Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mushrush Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mushrush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Andrews Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andrews Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Breckenridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Breckenridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Breckenridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Southside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McMichael Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMichael Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMichael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roselawn Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roselawn Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roselawn Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Denny Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denny Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denny Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (251 more) ...
    • Patton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Anderson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 in 1895, Conneaut Lake had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Conneaut Lake had a population of 611 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Conneaut Lake, with the one closest to Conneaut Lake listed first.

  • Stony Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Crawford County
  • West Vernon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Vernon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Vernon
    • West Vernon is located in Crawford County
  • Meadville Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Junction
    • Meadville Junction is located in Crawford County
  • Shermansville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shermansville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermansville
    • Shermansville is located in Crawford County
  • Geneva
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
    • Geneva is located in Crawford County
  • Watson Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Harmonsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hartstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Adamsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Atlantic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
    • Atlantic is located in Crawford County
  • Kerrtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Norrisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Linesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linesville
      • Linesville is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linesville <3>
    • Meadville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Westford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
      • Westford is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Westford
      • From Conneaut Lake to Westford

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Conneaut Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Conneaut Lake.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Conneaut Lake ...

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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Conneaut Lake.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Conneaut Lake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Conneaut Lake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Conneaut Lake.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5> of Conneaut Lake.

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 Conneaut Lake:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Conneaut Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Crawford County: www.co.crawford.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Conneaut Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Conneaut Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Conneaut Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6033, Longitude: -80.3044    









 

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