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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 Greenville (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 Greenville. 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 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.

Greenville is located in Mercer County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.

Below are the counties that are near Greenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenville:

  • Mercer County     (The home county of Greenville)
  • Butler County
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Adamsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Atlantic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
      • Atlantic is located in Crawford County
    • Pymatuning South
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Turner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Turner is located in Crawford County
    • Turnersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
      • Turnersville is located in Crawford County
    • Hartstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Westford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
      • Westford is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Westford
      • From Greenville to Westford
    • Geneva
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Crawford County
    • Pymatuning Central
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
      • Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
    • Conneaut Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Espyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Lynces Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Erie County
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • New Wilmington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Wilmington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wilmington
      • New Wilmington is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Wilmington <3>
    • Pulaski
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Volant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volant
      • Volant is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volant <3>
    • Nashua
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nashua. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
      • Nashua is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nashua
      • From Greenville to Nashua
    • New Bedford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Robinson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Robinson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
      • Robinson is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Robinson
      • From Greenville to Robinson
    • Edinburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • McCaslin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McCaslin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
      • McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McCaslin
      • From Greenville to McCaslin
    • New Castle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Oakwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
    • West New Castle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Harlansburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Venango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Henderson Station
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Utica
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Polk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Pearl
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Barkeyville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barkeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkeyville
      • Barkeyville is located in Venango County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barkeyville <3>
    • Nicklin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sugarcreek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sugarcreek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
      • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sugarcreek
      • From Greenville to Sugarcreek
    • Wilson Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooperstown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Uniontown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
      • Uniontown is located in Venango County
    • Bullion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
      • Bullion is located in Venango County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bullion
      • From Greenville to Bullion
    • Nectarine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nectarine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
      • Nectarine is located in Venango County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nectarine
      • From Greenville to Nectarine
  • York County
  • Ashtabula County (OH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Simons
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Simons. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
      • Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Simons
      • From Greenville to Simons
    • Stanhope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanhope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
      • Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stanhope
      • From Greenville to Stanhope
    • West Williamsfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Andover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <3>
    • Wick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
      • Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wick
      • From Greenville to Wick
    • West Andover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Colebrook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Richmond Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorset
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Dodgeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • New Lyme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Lyme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
      • New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Lyme
      • From Greenville to New Lyme
    • Rowenton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rowenton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
      • Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rowenton
      • From Greenville to Rowenton
  • Franklin County (OH)
    • Hilltop
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hilltop. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hilltop
      • From Greenville to Hilltop
  • Mahoning County (OH)
  • Trumbull County (OH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
    • Superior ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superior have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
      • Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
    • Five Points
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Orangeville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
      • Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Burghill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Vernon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Kinsman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hartford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Weldon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Barclay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • West Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
      • West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
    • Yankee Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
      • Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Brookfield Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
      • Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenville, see our County-by-County Page for Greenville.

Cemeteries Near Greenville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Greenville had a population of 3,674 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Greenville had a population of 5,177 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.

  • Shenango
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Osgood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Osgood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
    • Osgood is located in Mercer County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Osgood
    • From Greenville to Osgood
  • Leechs Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Salem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kashner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kashner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
    • Kashner is located in Mercer County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kashner
    • From Greenville to Kashner
  • Kennard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kennard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
    • Kennard is located in Mercer County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kennard
    • From Greenville to Kennard
  • Transfer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Transfer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transfer
    • Transfer is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Transfer <3>
  • Kremis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kremis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
    • Kremis is located in Mercer County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kremis
    • From Greenville to Kremis
  • New Hamburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hamburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
    • New Hamburg is located in Mercer County
  • Jamestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jamestown is located in Mercer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <3>
  • Osborn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osborn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
    • Osborn is located in Mercer County
  • Atlantic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlantic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
    • Atlantic is located in Crawford County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Greenville ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Greenville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Greenville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Greenville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<5> of Greenville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Greenville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mercer County: www.mcc.co.mercer.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4056, Longitude: -80.3875    
<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 Greenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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