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 Harlan (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 Harlan. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Harlan is primarily located in Clarion County. A portion of Harlan extends into Jefferson 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 Harlan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harlan:
- Clarion County (The home county of Harlan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Crates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Day
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Mechanicsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Strattanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Hawthorn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reidsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Clarion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmont City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Bethlehem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Millville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- McWilliams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- South Bethlehem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Eddyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Muff
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Dee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Tidal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Echo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Wattersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Bruin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Petrolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Kepples Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Karns City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chicora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Cherry Valley
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Eau Claire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Stanley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- DuBois
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Helvetia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Sandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Troutville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Luthersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Rockton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Laborde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Mahaffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Millstone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Horton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Challenge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Clarington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Tionesta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Trade City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Smicksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Georgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Marchand
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Mottarns Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Rossiter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Elkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Plumville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Johnsonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Rochester Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Summerville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Baxter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Corsica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ohl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Langville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Brookville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Pansy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Coolspring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Timblin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Green Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(21 miles [33.8 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 Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Fertigs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Nickleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Coal Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hill City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- President
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Emlenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cranberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Seneca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harlan, see our County-by-County Page for Harlan.
Cemeteries Near Harlan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harlan.
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 Harlan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harlan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Westview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vandervort Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carrier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carrier Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Summerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44528 <3>
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Paradise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conifer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Asbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coolspring Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
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 Harlan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harlan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harlan, with the one closest to Harlan listed first.
- Summerville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Kingsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kingsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Crates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Shannondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shannondale is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Heathville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heathville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathville
- Content
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Content is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Content
- Baxter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Corsica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Ohl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Day
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Coder
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coder is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coder
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Truittsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Truittsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truittsburg
- Langville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harlan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harlan.
Newspapers Published in Harlan ...
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 Harlan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harlan, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harlan.
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 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 Harlan:
- 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
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harlan) 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 Harlan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |