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 Hickory Corners (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 Hickory Corners. 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 Hickory Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hickory Corners: Hickory Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hickory Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hickory Corners.
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 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 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.
Hickory Corners is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Hickory Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Corners:
- Mercer County (The home county of Hickory Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Hermitage
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sharpsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sharon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Farrell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grove City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Middlesex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wheatland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Shenango
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Kremis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Coolspring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Ellwood City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Galilee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Big Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Frisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Koppel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Sewickley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Wurtemburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Darlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Homewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Thompson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Lillyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Cannelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Slippery Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Harrisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Branchton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Portersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Bovard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Hallston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Murrinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Turner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Pymatuning South
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Hartstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Westford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Conneaut Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Cochranton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Pulaski
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Bedford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- New Wilmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Volant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- New Castle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West New Castle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Bessemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Henderson Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Barkeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nectarine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Pearl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bullion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Polk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Utica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Clintonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- York County
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Stanhope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Williamsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Colebrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- West Andover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orwell is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orwell <1>
- Dodgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Unity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Columbiana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Waterford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Washingtonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Poland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Mineral Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Austintown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Boardman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Middletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Portage County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Mahoning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- West Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Masury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Weldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Brookfield Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Yankee Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Orangeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Coalburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Hubbard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paynes Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Maplewood Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Burghill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Corners.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Corners.
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 Hickory Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Slovak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Morefield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morefield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morefield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Hermitage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188999 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- America's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Farrell.
- The Holy Cross Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Adalbert Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203767 <2>
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holy Trinity Hungarian RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Continue List (354 more) ...
- Holy Trinty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Hickory Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hickory Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Corners, with the one closest to Hickory Corners listed first.
- Hermitage
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sharpsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sharon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grove City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bentley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Wheatland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Middlesex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Neshannock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Weldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Brookfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Transfer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brockway ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brockway is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Corners.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Corners ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Corners.
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 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 Hickory Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Trumbull 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hickory Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Hickory Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |