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 Hilliards (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 Hilliards. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Hilliards is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Hilliards. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hilliards:
- Butler County (The home county of Hilliards)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Ferris
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Eau Claire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Murrinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Bruin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Cherry Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Hooker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- West Sunbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petrolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Bovard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Greece City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Culmerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Parker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Kaylor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Queenstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Wattersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Cowansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Rimer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Shadyside Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Worthington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Lillyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Wurtemburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Frisco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Goehring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Ellwood City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Sewickley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Barrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Koppel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Foxburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Saint Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Bela
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Turkey City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Catfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- East Brady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Callensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Lamartine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Phillipston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Grant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Harlansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Rose Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- McCaslin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Volant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Altman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- New Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ellport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Courtneys Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Swamproot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- North Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Kilgore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Perrys Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Jackson Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- North Sandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Sandy Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Clintonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nectarine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Barkeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Saint George
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Emlenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Coal City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Nickleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Henderson Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Cranberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hilliards, see our County-by-County Page for Hilliards.
Cemeteries Near Hilliards ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hilliards.
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 Hilliards - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hilliards covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Annandale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Sunbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shakley Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crawford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Snyder Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- White Oak Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hilliards had a population of 510 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hilliards, with the one closest to Hilliards listed first.
- Argentine
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Argentine is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Moniteau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moniteau is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moniteau
- Eau Claire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Annandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Annandale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
- Murrinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Bruin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Six Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Six Points is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- West Sunbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Sandy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Point is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crawford Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Corners
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Eakin Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Coaltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coaltown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaltown
- Petrolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hilliards. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hilliards.
Newspapers Published in Hilliards ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hilliards.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hilliards, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hilliards.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Hilliards:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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> | 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 Hilliards, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hilliards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |