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 East Hickory (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 East Hickory. 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 East Hickory ...
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 East Hickory: E. Hickory
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Hickory. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Hickory.
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 doctors 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.
East Hickory is located in Forest 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 Forest County: Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Venango & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near East Hickory. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Hickory:
- Forest County (The home county of East Hickory)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Trunkeyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Jamison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Gilfoyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Redclyffe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Iron City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Clarington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Newmansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Leeper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Venus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Crown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Fryburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Pine City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Cooksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arthurs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Iron City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Elk City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Titusville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vrooman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Gresham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Spartansburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Riceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Black Ash
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Townville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Lincolnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Canadohta Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Millstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Russell City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Windy City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Hallton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- McKinley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- James City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Corry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Beaver Dam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Ella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Howe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Schoffner Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- McKean County
- Kane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Pleasantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pithole City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- President
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Shamburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Plumer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Petroleum Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Coal Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Rouseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Colonial Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Fertigs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Tidioute
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Cobham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Selkirk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Hermit Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Sanford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Garland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Pittsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Henrys Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Irvine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Youngsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Barnes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- Niobe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Hickory, see our County-by-County Page for East Hickory.
Cemeteries Near East Hickory ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Hickory.
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 East Hickory - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Hickory covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- Fagundas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whig Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gorman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Neilltown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Economite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Collins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cheney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Holeman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Memory's Acre Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory's Acre Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memory's Acre Cemetery is located in Pleasantville.
- The Memory's Acre Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasantville Cemetery
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Jerusalem Corners Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Loomis Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Naultby Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Hickory had a population of 295 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Hickory, with the one closest to East Hickory listed first.
- West Hickory
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Hickory is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hickory
- Trunkeyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Starr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Starr is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
- Stewart Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Run is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Run
- Jamison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Whig Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whig Hill is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill
- Tidioute
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tionesta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nebraska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nebraska is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Kellettville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kellettville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellettville
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Pleasantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pithole City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Hickory. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Hickory.
Newspapers Published in East Hickory ...
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 East Hickory.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Hickory, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Hickory.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 East Hickory:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Forest County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Erie County
- Jefferson County
- McKean County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- Chautauqua 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 East Hickory, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Hickory) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |