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 Eldred Center (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 Eldred Center. 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 Eldred Center ...
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 Eldred Center: Eldred Ctr. (or less commonly used: Eldred Cen., Eldred Cent. or Eldred Cntr.)
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.
Eldred Center is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Cattaraugus (NY), Chautauqua (NY), Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Eldred Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eldred Center:
- Warren County (The home county of Eldred Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Sanford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Selkirk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- West Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Tidioute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Colza
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Colza is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Youngsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Newmansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Venus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Fryburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Vrooman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Spartansburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hydetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Titusville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gresham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Riceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Tryonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Lincolnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Canadohta Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
- Rootville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rootville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
- Fauncetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Townville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Corry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elgin
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Union City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arbuckle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- LeBoeuf Garden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Waterford Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- Waterford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipsville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Hornby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Edinboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Fagundus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Jamison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Balltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Gilfoyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Pleasantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shamburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Pithole City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Petroleum Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Plumer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- President
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Rouseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rynd Farm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- McClintock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Colonial Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Oil City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Niobe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Clymer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
- French Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- Panama
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Busti
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Ashville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kiantone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Findley Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Slab City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Lakewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belleview is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Celoron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eldred Center, see our County-by-County Page for Eldred Center.
Cemeteries Near Eldred Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eldred Center.
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 Eldred Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eldred Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Naultby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Loomis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trim Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trim Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Trim Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the southwest of Garland.
- The Trim Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trimm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46486 <3>
- East Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cheney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Morrison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henderson Cemetery
- Whitney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gilson Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gorman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Whitestown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Eldred Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eldred Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eldred Center, with the one closest to Eldred Center listed first.
- Grand Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grand Valley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
- Sanford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Selkirk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Vrooman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Torpedo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Torpedo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
- West Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Tidioute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spartansburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Titusville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Titusville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Titusville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spring Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hydetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Titusville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eldred Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eldred Center.
Newspapers Published in Eldred Center ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eldred Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eldred Center, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eldred Center.
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 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 Eldred Center:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Venango 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> | 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- Eldred Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Eldred Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |