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 Wayne (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 Wayne. 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 Wayne ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Wayne: E. Wayne
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 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.
East Wayne is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Ashtabula (OH), Trumbull (OH), Erie, Mercer, Venango & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near East Wayne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Wayne:
- Crawford County (The home county of East Wayne)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Black Ash
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Fauncetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Deckard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Guys Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Townville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Cochranton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Gresham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Tryonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Blooming Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Titusville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Murrinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Eau Claire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Venus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Lamartine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Pine City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Fryburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Marble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Elk City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Knox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Turkey City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edinboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- LeBoeuf Garden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Beaver Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Waterford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waterford Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- Corry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arbuckle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Wattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Jamison
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fagundus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(26 miles [41.8 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 East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Milledgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- North Sandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- New Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 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
- New Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Sandy Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clarks Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Stoneboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hadley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- 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
- Jackson Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Wilson Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Cooperstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Utica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Sugarcreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Petroleum Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nicklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Rynd Farm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- McClintock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Rouseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Enterprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- East Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Sanford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- 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
- Tidioute
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Colza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colza is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Garland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- Adamsville
(24 miles [38.6 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 East Wayne, see our County-by-County Page for East Wayne.
Cemeteries Near East Wayne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Wayne.
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 Wayne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Wayne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Sugar Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brawley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cochranton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hatch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Troy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kiser Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Lamey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Townley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
While we didn't find East Wayne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Wayne.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Wayne, with the one closest to East Wayne listed first.
- Black Ash
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Bradleytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bradleytown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleytown
- Deckard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Sunville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunville
- Fauncetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Cooperstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Wallaceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wallaceville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
- Guys Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Troy Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troy Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Center
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Mason
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mason is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dempseytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dempseytown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempseytown
- Townville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Carlton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carlton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Wayne. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Wayne.
Newspapers Published in East Wayne ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Wayne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Wayne, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Wayne.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Wayne:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- York 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 Wayne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Wayne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |