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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 Franklin Pike Corners (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 Franklin Pike Corners. 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 Franklin Pike Corners ...
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 Franklin Pike Corners: Franklin Pike Cors.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Franklin Pike Corners 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 Franklin Pike Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Franklin Pike Corners:
- Crawford County (The home county of Franklin Pike Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Kerrtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Meadville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Wayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Watson Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watson Run is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Run
- Saegertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saegertown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saegertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Blooming Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Coons Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
- Guys Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cochranton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conneaut Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Edinboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Pennside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Keepville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Franklin Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- LeBoeuf Garden
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Francis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Francis is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Waterford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tracy is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Cherry Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Milledgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Sheakleyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- New Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Hadley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Kennard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Clarks Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Leechs Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Osgood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- North Sandy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Jamestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kashner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Wilson Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Utica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Cooperstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sugarcreek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Nicklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Polk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Henderson Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Petroleum Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Rouseville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rynd Farm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- McClintock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
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- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- York County
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Simons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Richmond Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- West Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Stanhope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Gould
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gould is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Wick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Dorset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Rowenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Kinsman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Superior ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Barclay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Burghill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Gustavus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Hartford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Franklin Pike Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Franklin Pike Corners.
Cemeteries Near Franklin Pike Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Franklin Pike Corners.
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 Franklin Pike Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Franklin Pike Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wygant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greendale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Agatha Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roselawn Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Andrews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kiser Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cole Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Denny Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McMichael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Breckenridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adsit Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Saegertown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Franklin Pike Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Franklin Pike Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Franklin Pike Corners, with the one closest to Franklin Pike Corners listed first.
- Meadville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kerrtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Shaws Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaws Landing is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaws Landing
- Wayland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Custards
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Custards is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
- West Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Vernon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Vernon
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Watson Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watson Run is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Run
- Coons Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
- Blooming Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Guys Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Conneaut Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stony Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Pinney Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinney Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinney Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Franklin Pike Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Franklin Pike Corners.
Newspapers Published in Franklin Pike Corners ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin Pike Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Franklin Pike Corners, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Franklin Pike Corners.
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 Franklin Pike Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Erie County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Trumbull 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin Pike Corners) 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 Franklin Pike Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |