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 Donner Crossroads (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 Donner Crossroads. 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.
Name Variations for Donner Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Donner Crossroads: Donner Xrds.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Donner Crossroads is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Donner Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Donner Crossroads:
- Mercer County (The home county of Donner Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Osgood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Leechs Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kennard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Shenango
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kashner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Kremis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sheakleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Harrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Slippery Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Adamsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Pymatuning South
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Hartstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Westford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Conneaut Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Lynces Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Espyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Pennside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Keepville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- New Wilmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Volant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Nashua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Robinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Harlansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Hillsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- McCaslin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Utica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Henderson Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Polk
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Nicklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Sugarcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Wilson Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Pearl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Cooperstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Barkeyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Bullion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- York County
- Adamsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Simons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Andover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- West Andover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Richmond Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Colebrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Dorset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rowenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Struthers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Austintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Poland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Superior ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Burghill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Kinsman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Hartford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Barclay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Weldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Yankee Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Gustavus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Brookfield Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Donner Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Donner Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Donner Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Donner Crossroads.
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 Donner Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Donner Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shenango Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Glen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Glen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rocky Glen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Adamsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45905 <2>
- Fell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Busch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Delaware Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- McMichael Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Giddings Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Donner Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Donner Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Donner Crossroads, with the one closest to Donner Crossroads listed first.
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Osgood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Leechs Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Shenango
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Kennard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Kashner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Osborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Osborn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Atlantic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Adamsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kremis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Transfer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Donner Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Donner Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Donner Crossroads ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Donner Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Donner Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Donner Crossroads.
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 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 Donner Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning County
- Trumbull 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Donner Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Donner Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |