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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 Dempseytown (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 Dempseytown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Dempseytown 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 Dempseytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dempseytown:

  • Venango County     (The home county of Dempseytown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown listed first.
    • Petroleum Center
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
    • Rynd Farm
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
    • Cooperstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Cooperstown is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
    • McClintock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • McClintock is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
    • Rouseville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Colonial Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Colonial Village is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Hasson Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
    • Oil City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Plumer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Plumer is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
    • Siverly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Siverly is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
    • Woodland Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
    • Wilson Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
  • Armstrong County
    • Parker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown listed first.
    • Cherry Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Murrinsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Murrinsville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
    • Ferris
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ferris is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
    • Harrisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Forestville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Clarion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown listed first.
    • Venus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Venus is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
    • Fryburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Wolfs Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
    • Lamartine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Lamartine is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
    • Marble
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Newmansville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Newmansville is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
    • Iron City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Iron City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
    • Knox
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Knox is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <1>
    • Beaver City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
    • Elk City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Elk City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
    • Jefferson
      (24 miles [38.6 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 Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown listed first.
    • Gresham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Gresham is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Black Ash
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Ash is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
    • Fauncetown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
    • Titusville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hydetown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hydetown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Deckard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Deckard is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
    • Townville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Townville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Tryonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tryonville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
    • Guys Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cochranton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Frenchtown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Centerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown listed first.
    • Elgin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Elgin is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Union City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Mill Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Mill Village is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
    • Beaver Dam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Corry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • LeBoeuf Garden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
    • Edinboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown listed first.
    • Jamison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jamison is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
    • Tionesta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fagundus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fagundus is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
    • Trunkeyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown listed first.
    • North Sandy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Sandy is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
    • Milledgeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
    • New Lebanon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
    • Sandy Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • New Vernon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • New Vernon is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
    • Kilgore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Kilgore is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
    • Stoneboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Perrine Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
    • Clarks Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
    • Sheakleyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Jackson Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hadley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dempseytown, with the one closest to Dempseytown 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Selkirk is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
    • Sanford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanford is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
    • East Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Branch is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
    • Tidioute
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • West Spring Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
    • Cobham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cobham is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
    • Garland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Colza
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Colza is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
    • Pittsfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • York County
    • Adamsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville

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

Cemeteries Near Dempseytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dempseytown.

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 Dempseytown - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lamey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Forest Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shaw Farm Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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 south)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grove Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (164 more) ...

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 Dempseytown had a population of 173 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Wallaceville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wallaceville is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
  • Cherrytree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherrytree is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
  • Sunville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunville is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunville
  • Cooperstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cooperstown is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
  • Mason
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mason is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Rynd Farm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
  • Petroleum Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
  • McClintock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • McClintock is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
  • Rouseville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Bradleytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bradleytown is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleytown
  • Oil City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Diamond
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Diamond is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Reno
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Siverly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Siverly is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly

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

Newspapers Published in Dempseytown ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dempseytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dempseytown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dempseytown.

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 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 Dempseytown:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dempseytown) 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 Dempseytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.