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 Fisher (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 Fisher. 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.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Fisher is located in Clarion 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 Clarion County: Armstrong, Butler, Forest, Jefferson & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Fisher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fisher:
- Clarion County (The home county of Fisher)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Cooksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Helen Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Strattanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arthurs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Crown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Clarion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Crates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Frogtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Millville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- McWilliams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Eddyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Tidal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Wattersonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Muff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Parker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Bruin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Cherry Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Petrolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Eau Claire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Sandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- DuBois
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stanley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Treasure Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Helvetia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Troutville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Luthersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Millstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Horton City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Russell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Challenge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Ridgway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- McKinley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Windy City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Clarington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Tionesta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Balltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Iron City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Trunkeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Sheffield Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Fagundus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Trade City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Smicksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Georgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Marchand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Rossiter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Ella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Corsica
(6 miles [9.7 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Summerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Baxter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Brookville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ohl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Hazen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Munderf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Warsaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Langville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Fertigs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Coal Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Nickleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- President
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Hill City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Cranberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Colonial Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Pithole City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Siverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Emlenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seneca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Henrys Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Hermit Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Hoover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Donaldson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Barnes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Tidioute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fisher, see our County-by-County Page for Fisher.
Cemeteries Near Fisher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fisher.
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 Fisher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fisher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hominy Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Forest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Miola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Asbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clarion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clarion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Clarion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230169 <2>
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Crown
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #366360 <2>
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Westview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Fisher had a population of 97 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fisher, with the one closest to Fisher listed first.
- Gravel Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Ella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Cooksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Helen Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Miola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Miola is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miola
- Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Strattanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corsica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Sigel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Howe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Leeper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Snydersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snydersburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydersburg
- Lucinda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arthurs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fisher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fisher.
Newspapers Published in Fisher ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fisher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fisher, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fisher.
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 helpful 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 Fisher:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- Warren 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 Fisher, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fisher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |