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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 Hearts Content (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 Hearts Content. 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 Hearts Content ...
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.
While the name of this community is Hearts Content, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hearts Content may originally have been Heart's Content.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hearts Content might be written as Heart Content.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hearts Content. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hearts Content.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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 east 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.
Hearts Content is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Cattaraugus (NY), Chautauqua (NY), Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Hearts Content. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hearts Content:
- Warren County (The home county of Hearts Content)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Hermit Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Cobham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Tidioute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Henrys Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Saybrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Irvine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clarendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Hoover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Sheffield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stoneham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Donaldson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Newmansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Crown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cooksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fryburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Venus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Marble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Arthurs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Vrooman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Titusville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spartansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tryonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Riceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Windy City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Russell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- McKinley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- James City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Millstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilcox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Corry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Beaver Dam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Balltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Trunkeyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Jamison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Roses
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Tionesta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilfoyle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Redclyffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Clarington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Ella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Schoffner Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Kane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kanesholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kanesholm is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesholm
- Coontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coontown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
- Tallyho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tallyho is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
- Timbuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Timbuck is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuck
- Freeman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Freeman is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Pleasantville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pithole City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Shamburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- President
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Plumer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Petroleum Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Coal Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Rouseville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Colonial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Cattaraugus County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Onoville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Onoville is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoville
- Elko ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Elko has also been known as:
- Wolf Run
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Kiantone
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Busti
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Niobe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frewsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ivory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ivory is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ashville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Celoron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Panama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falconer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hearts Content, see our County-by-County Page for Hearts Content.
Cemeteries Near Hearts Content ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hearts Content.
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 Hearts Content - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hearts Content covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Economite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whig Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gorman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fagundas Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Irvine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitestown Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (122 more) ...
- Weiler Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Weiler Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the west of North Warren.
- The Weiler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Yankee Bush Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142104 <3>
- Mead Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Neilltown Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Hearts Content in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hearts Content.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hearts Content, with the one closest to Hearts Content listed first.
- Cherry Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Cobham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Mayburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayburg is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayburg
- Balltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Whig Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Whig Hill is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill
- Tidioute
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trunkeyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Kellettville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kellettville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellettville
- Fagundus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- East Hickory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saybrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Tiona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clarendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Irvine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Hickory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Hickory is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hickory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hearts Content. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hearts Content.
Newspapers Published in Hearts Content ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hearts Content.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hearts Content, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hearts Content.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Hearts Content:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- McKean County
- Venango County
- Cattaraugus County
- Chautauqua County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hearts Content) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hearts Content, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |