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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 Dicksonburg (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 Dicksonburg. 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 and hospitals 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.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Dicksonburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dicksonburg.

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

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

  • Dicksonburg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dicksonburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dicksonburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jolly Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jolly Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jolly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDowell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McDowell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shaw Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaw Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cribbs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cribbs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cribbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Conneaut Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conneaut Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conneaut Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rundell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rundell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rundell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baldwin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baldwin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baldwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Manning Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Southside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • 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.
  • Breckenridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.
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    • Littles Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Littles Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Littles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Barber Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.

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>

While we didn't find Dicksonburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dicksonburg.

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

  • Conneautville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Harmonsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Linesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 <1>
  • Meadville Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Norrisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Conneautville Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conneautville Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conneautville Station
    • Conneautville Station is located in Crawford County
  • Shermansville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Watson Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rundell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rundell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rundell
    • Rundell is located in Crawford County
  • Palmer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Palmer is located in Crawford County
  • Springboro Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springboro Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Station
    • Springboro Station is located in Crawford County
  • Hickernell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickernell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickernell
    • Hickernell is located in Crawford County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Steamburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steamburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
      • Steamburg is located in Crawford County
    • Springboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro
      • Springboro is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springboro <1>
    • Conneaut Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Dicksonburg ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dicksonburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dicksonburg, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dicksonburg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Dicksonburg:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dicksonburg. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Dicksonburg, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dicksonburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dicksonburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7050, Longitude: -80.3523    









 

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