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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 East Warren (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 Warren. 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 Warren ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Warren: E. Warren

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

East Warren is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Cattaraugus (NY), Chautauqua (NY), Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean & Venango.

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

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

Cemeteries Near East Warren ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Warren.

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

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

  • Irvine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Irvine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Irvine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Snyder Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snyder Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snyder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Weiler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Westview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mead Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Marshtown Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marshtown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marshtown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seven Dolors Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seven Dolors Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seven Dolors Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hale Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Foster Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cherry Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherry Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chandlers Valley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chandlers Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chandlers Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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, East Warren had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Warren
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Glade
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
    • Glade is located in Warren County
  • North Warren
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Warren
    • North Warren is located in Warren County
  • Stoneham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stoneham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
    • Stoneham is located in Warren County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Stoneham
    • From East Warren to Stoneham
  • Hemlock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Clarendon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Scandia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia
    • Scandia is located in Warren County
  • Russell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Russell is located in Warren County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Russell <1>
  • Irvine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Tiona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiona
    • Tiona is located in Warren County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiona <1>
  • Kinzua ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Saybrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saybrook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
    • Saybrook is located in Warren County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Saybrook
    • From East Warren to Saybrook
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Lander
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lander have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
      • Lander is located in Warren County
    • Youngsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cherry Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
      • Cherry Grove is located in Warren County

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

Newspapers Published in East Warren ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Warren.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Warren, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Warren.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 East Warren, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Warren) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Warren. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8472, Longitude: -79.1353    









 

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