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 Coryville (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 Coryville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Coryville is located in McKean 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 McKean County: Allegany (NY), Cattaraugus (NY), Cameron, Elk, Forest, Potter & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Coryville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coryville:
- McKean County (The home county of Coryville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Larabee
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Larabee is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larabee
- Sartwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sartwell is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartwell
- Wrights Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wrights Corners is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Eldred
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rixford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rixford is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Smethport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Duke Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duke Center is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Center
- Port Allegany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rew is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rew
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Allen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Crosby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crosby is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
- Aiken
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Cameron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Emporium
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beechwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beechwood is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Weber City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Weber City is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Instanter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Instanter is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Instanter
- Streights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Streights is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streights
- Wilcox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- James City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
- McKinley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Windy City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Potter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Williston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Williston is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Shinglehouse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Millport is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- East Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharon is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharon
- Roulette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Honeoye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Honeoye is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeoye
- Coneville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coneville is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coneville
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Chrystal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chrystal is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrystal
- Oswayo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oswayo is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswayo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Coudersport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Inez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Austin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Kinzua ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kinzua is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
- Sugar Run ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sugar Run is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run
- Allegany County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Bowler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowler is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
- Little Genesee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kossuth is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Richburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Clarksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Clarksville is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksville
- Alma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alma is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Sawyer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sawyer is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Vosburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vosburg is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Pikeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pikeville is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Allentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <1>
- Petrolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Petrolia is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Cattaraugus County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock City is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Four Mile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Four Mile is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
- Portville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Westons Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Olean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Olean is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,371 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olean <1>
- Weston Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Weston Mills is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Mills
- Saint Bonaventure
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Allegany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chipmunk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chipmunk is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipmunk
- Limestone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Ireland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Ireland is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- New Ireland has also been known as:
- Irish Town
- Little Ireland
- Carrollton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carrollton is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coryville, see our County-by-County Page for Coryville.
Cemeteries Near Coryville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coryville.
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 Coryville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coryville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Moody Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lamphier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rixford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Gabriels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Portville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (119 more) ...
- Norwich Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Hill 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 Coryville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coryville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coryville, with the one closest to Coryville listed first.
- Larabee
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Larabee is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larabee
- Farmers Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers Valley is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
- Sartwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sartwell is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartwell
- Prentisvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prentisvale is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentisvale
- Smethport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Smethport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Smethport is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smethport
- Eldred
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rixford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rixford is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Duke Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duke Center is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Center
- Coleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coleville is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleville
- Port Allegany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Annin Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Annin Creek is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annin Creek
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Bullis Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bullis Mills is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullis Mills
- Rew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rew is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rew
- Ormsby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ormsby is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormsby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coryville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coryville.
Newspapers Published in Coryville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coryville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coryville, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coryville.
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 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 Coryville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to McKean County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cameron County
- Elk County
- Potter County
- Warren County
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus 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 Coryville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |