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 Frills 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 Frills 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 Frills 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Frills Corners: Frills Cors.
- While the name of this community is Frills Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Frills Corners may originally have been Frill's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Frills Corners might be written as Frill Corners.
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 and hospitals 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.
Frills Corners 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 Frills Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frills Corners:
- Clarion County (The home county of Frills Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Wolfs Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Newmansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Leeper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fryburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Marble
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Venus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Helen Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Arthurs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Cooksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Iron City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Shippenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Parker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Deanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- McWilliams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Tidal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Wattersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Bradys Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Fredericksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Titusville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Vrooman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Fauncetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Black Ash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Tryonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Millstone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Russell City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Windy City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- McKinley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Tionesta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Gilfoyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Redclyffe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Clarington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marienville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Trunkeyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Balltown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Iron City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Ella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Howe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Baxter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Summerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Brookville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Schoffner Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Hazen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Ohl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Warsaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Langville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- President
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Coal Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Fertigs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Pithole City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Hill City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Plumer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Nickleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Colonial Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Siverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Pleasantville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- McClintock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Enterprise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Tidioute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hermit Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Cobham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Selkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Henrys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Donaldson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hoover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Barnes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Sanford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Saybrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Sheffield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frills Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Frills Corners.
Cemeteries Near Frills Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frills 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 Frills Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frills Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Dehner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Venus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venus Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Venus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46568 <5>
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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 <5>
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Collins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holeman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Miola Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cook Forest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Dutch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hominy Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roses Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Whig Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McCrea Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Craig Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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.<6>
While we didn't find Frills Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frills Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frills Corners, with the one closest to Frills Corners listed first.
- Lickingville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lickingville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickingville
- Newmansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Strobleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Strobleton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strobleton
- Tylersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leeper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Golinza
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Golinza is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinza
- Fryburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snydersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Snydersburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydersburg
- Marble
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Nebraska
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nebraska is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Venus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lucinda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- North Pine Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Pine Grove is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frills Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frills Corners.
Newspapers Published in Frills 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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frills Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frills Corners, 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 Frills Corners.
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 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 Frills Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Frills Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Frills Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |