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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 Crenshaw (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 Crenshaw. 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 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.

Crenshaw is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest & Indiana.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Crenshaw)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw, with the one closest to Crenshaw listed first.
    • Brockway
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brockway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
      • Brockway is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,020 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockway <2>
    • Falls Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
      • Falls Creek is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls Creek <2>
    • Red Mill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pancoast
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Allens Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Schoffner Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Munderf
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Warsaw
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warsaw have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
      • Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
    • Hazen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Prescottville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Reynoldsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cameron County
    • Beechwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beechwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
      • Beechwood is located in Cameron County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Beechwood
      • From Crenshaw to Beechwood
  • Clarion County
  • Clearfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw, with the one closest to Crenshaw listed first.
    • Treasure Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Treasure Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
      • Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
    • DuBois
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sandy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
      • Sandy is located in Clearfield County
    • Winterburn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tyler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Tyler is located in Clearfield County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tyler
      • From Crenshaw to Tyler
    • Helvetia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Luthersburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Stanley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Clearfield County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stanley
      • From Crenshaw to Stanley
    • Rockton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Troutville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Laborde
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Grampian
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grampian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grampian
      • Grampian is located in Clearfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grampian <2>
  • Elk County
  • Forest County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw, with the one closest to Crenshaw listed first.
    • Clarington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Redclyffe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Redclyffe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
      • Redclyffe is located in Forest County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Redclyffe
      • From Crenshaw to Redclyffe
    • Marienville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Roses
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roses. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
      • Roses is located in Forest County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Roses
      • From Crenshaw to Roses
    • Gilfoyle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Iron City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
      • Iron City is located in Forest County
    • Sheffield Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Indiana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crenshaw, with the one closest to Crenshaw listed first.
    • Johnsonburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rossiter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Urey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Urey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
      • Urey is located in Indiana County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Urey
      • From Crenshaw to Urey
    • Marchand
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Trade City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trade City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
      • Trade City is located in Indiana County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Trade City
      • From Crenshaw to Trade City
  • Lawrence County
    • Big Run
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
      • Big Run is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
  • McKean County
  • Warren County

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

Cemeteries Near Crenshaw ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crenshaw.

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 Crenshaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wildwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Tobias Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Tobias Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Tobias Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brockport Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sugar Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sugar Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bundy Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bundy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bundy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beechwoods Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beechwoods Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beechwoods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Conway Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Catherines Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Catherines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (120 more) ...
    • Morningside Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rumbarger Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rumbarger Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rumbarger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bundy Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bundy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bundy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Crenshaw had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lanes Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanes Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
    • Lanes Mills is located in Jefferson County
  • Brockport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cartwright
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartwright have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Cartwright is located in Elk County
  • McMinns Summit
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMinns Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMinns Summit
    • McMinns Summit is located in Jefferson County
  • Beechtree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beechtree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechtree
    • Beechtree is located in Jefferson County
  • Challenge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Coal Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Glen
    • Coal Glen is located in Jefferson County
  • Harveys Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harveys Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Run
    • Harveys Run is located in Jefferson County
  • Brandy Camp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Camp
    • Brandy Camp is located in Elk County
  • Sugar Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
    • Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County
  • Falls Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
    • Falls Creek is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls Creek <2>
  • Allens Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Pancoast
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • DuBois
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Narrows Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
      • Narrows Creek is located in Clearfield County

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

Newspapers Published in Crenshaw ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crenshaw.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crenshaw, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crenshaw.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Crenshaw:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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 Crenshaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Crenshaw) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crenshaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2487, Longitude: -78.7620       In this case, the coordinates for Crenshaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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