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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 Haslets Corner (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 Haslets Corner. 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 Haslets Corner ...

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 Haslets Corner: Haslets Cor. (or less commonly used: Haslets Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Haslets Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Haslets Corner may originally have been Haslet's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Haslets Corner might be written as Haslet Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Haslets Corner 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 Haslets Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haslets Corner:

  • Venango County     (The home county of Haslets Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • Cooperstown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Cooperstown is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
    • Wilson Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
    • Sugarcreek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
    • Rynd Farm
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
    • Franklin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • McClintock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • McClintock is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
    • Petroleum Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
    • Rouseville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Uniontown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Uniontown is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Oil City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicklin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Nicklin is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
    • Utica
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Utica is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Armstrong County
    • Parker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • Cherry Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Eau Claire
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Murrinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Murrinsville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
    • Harrisville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ferris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ferris is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
    • Forestville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Forestville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Bovard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bovard is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
    • Branchton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Branchton is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
    • Bruin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bruin is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
  • Clarion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • Venus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Venus is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
    • Lamartine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lamartine is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
    • Pine City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Fryburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolfs Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
    • Beaver City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
    • Iron City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Iron City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
    • Knox
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Knox is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <2>
    • Elk City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Elk City is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
    • Jefferson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jefferson is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Monroe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Monroe is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • Black Ash
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Ash is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
    • Fauncetown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
    • Deckard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Deckard is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
    • Gresham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gresham is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Hydetown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hydetown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Titusville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cochranton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Townville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Townville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Frenchtown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Guys Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tryonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Tryonville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
    • Wayland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wayland is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • Mill Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Mill Village is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
    • Union City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Elgin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Elgin is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Beaver Dam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Corry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • LeBoeuf Garden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
    • Edinboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • Jamison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jamison is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
    • Tionesta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Fagundus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fagundus is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
    • Trunkeyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
  • Mercer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • North Sandy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Sandy is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
    • Milledgeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
    • New Lebanon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
    • Sandy Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Vernon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • New Vernon is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
    • Kilgore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Kilgore is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
    • Stoneboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Perrine Corners
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
    • Clarks Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
    • Sheakleyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Hadley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jackson Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haslets Corner, with the one closest to Haslets Corner listed first.
    • Enterprise
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Selkirk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Selkirk is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
    • East Branch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • East Branch is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
    • Sanford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanford is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
    • Tidioute
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • West Spring Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
    • Cobham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cobham is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
    • Garland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • York County
    • Adamsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville

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

Cemeteries Near Haslets Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haslets Corner.

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 Haslets Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Forest Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lamey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <3>
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sugar Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Peters Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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 Haslets Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haslets Corner.

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

  • Mason
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mason is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Dempseytown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dempseytown is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempseytown
  • Cooperstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cooperstown is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
  • Sunville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sunville is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunville
  • Bradleytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bradleytown is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleytown
  • Wallaceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Wallaceville is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
  • Sugarcreek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
  • Franklin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rynd Farm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
  • Cherrytree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherrytree is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
  • Utica
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Utica is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Reno
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Oil City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • McClintock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • McClintock is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
    • Rouseville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Haslets Corner ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haslets Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haslets Corner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haslets Corner.

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 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 Haslets Corner:

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>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 Haslets Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haslets Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.