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 Green Oaks (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 Green Oaks. 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 northwest 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 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.
Green Oaks is located in Venango 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 Venango County: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Mercer & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Green Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Oaks:
- Venango County (The home county of Green Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- President
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Coal Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Colonial Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Plumer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Rouseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Hill City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- McClintock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Siverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Pithole City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Rynd Farm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Parker
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Bruin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Ferris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Petrolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Harrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Karns City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forestville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Venus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Fryburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Wolfs Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Marble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Iron City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Elk City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Knox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Beaver City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Lamartine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Shippenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arthurs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Titusville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gresham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Fauncetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Black Ash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Deckard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Vrooman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Tryonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Townville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Guys Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cochranton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Elk County
- Millstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Tionesta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Fagundus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Gilfoyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Redclyffe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Marienville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Balltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Clarington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Ella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Corsica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Sigel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Baxter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Summerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- North Sandy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Kilgore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Milledgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- New Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Sandy Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- New Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Stoneboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Perrys Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Swamproot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Clarks Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Jackson Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Enterprise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Tidioute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Cobham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- East Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Hermit Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- West Spring Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Pittsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Green Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Green Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Oaks.
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 Green Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- McCrea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Craig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shaw Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hickman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (137 more) ...
- Sunset Hill Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Venus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venus Cemetery is located between<4> the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Venus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46568 <3>
- Mt. Collins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Green Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Oaks, with the one closest to Green Oaks listed first.
- Eagle Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eagle Rock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Coal Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- President
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Oleopolis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oleopolis is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleopolis
- Fertigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Plumer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Hunter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Rouseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McClintock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Siverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Seneca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pithole City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Rynd Farm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Venus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Green Oaks ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Oaks, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Oaks.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Green Oaks:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Mercer 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Green Oaks) 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Green Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |