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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 Hornby (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 Hornby. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Hornby is located in Erie County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Erie County: Chautauqua (NY), Ashtabula (OH), Crawford (OH) & Warren (OH).

Below are the counties that are near Hornby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hornby:

  • Erie County     (The home county of Hornby)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hornby, with the one closest to Hornby listed first.
    • Canadohta Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canadohta Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
      • Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County
    • Brown Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brown Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Hill
      • Brown Hill is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brown Hill
      • From Hornby to Brown Hill
    • Lincolnville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Spartansburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spartansburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartansburg
      • Spartansburg is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spartansburg <1>
    • Riceville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riceville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
      • Riceville is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Riceville
      • From Hornby to Riceville
    • Rootville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rootville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
      • Rootville is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rootville
      • From Hornby to Rootville
    • Cambridge Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Springs
      • Cambridge Springs is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge Springs <1>
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
    • Venango
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venango have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
      • Venango is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venango <1>
    • Crossingville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodcock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodcock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcock
      • Woodcock is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Tryonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hornby, with the one closest to Hornby listed first.
    • Columbus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Colza
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colza. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
      • Colza is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Colza
      • From Hornby to Colza
    • Bear Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lottsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lottsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
      • Lottsville is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lottsville
      • From Hornby to Lottsville
    • West Spring Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • East Branch
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Branch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
      • East Branch is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to East Branch
      • From Hornby to East Branch
    • Sugar Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
      • Sugar Grove is located in Warren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Grove <1>
    • Garland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sanford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sanford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Sanford is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sanford
      • From Hornby to Sanford
  • Chautauqua County (NY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hornby, with the one closest to Hornby listed first.
    • Findley Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • French Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Slab City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
      • Slab City is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Ripley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • North Clymer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Clymer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
      • North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to North Clymer
      • From Hornby to North Clymer
    • Forsyth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Stebbins Corners
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Panama
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panama have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
      • Panama is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panama <1>
    • Stedman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mayville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
      • Mayville is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayville <1>
    • Westfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Westfield is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,962 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Hornby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hornby.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Greenfield Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St.s Pauls Evangelical Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Gregory Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gregory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Gregory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Mina Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Mina Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Mina Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Phillipsville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phillipsville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phillipsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Findley Lake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Findley Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Findley Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eaoaun Bohoslov Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jacob Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacob Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacob Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Intergreen Gorge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Intergreen Gorge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Intergreen Gorge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (118 more) ...
    • Taft Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taft Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taft Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Matthias Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthias Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Matthias Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • French Creek Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hornby had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Phillipsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Moorhead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
    • Moorhead is located in Erie County
  • Moorheadville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorheadville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorheadville
    • Moorheadville is located in Erie County
  • Hammett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammett
    • Hammett is located in Erie County
  • Findley Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • North East
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wesleyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Langdon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langdon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Langdon is located in Erie County
  • West Greene
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Greene have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
    • West Greene is located in Erie County
  • Wattsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wattsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsburg
    • Wattsburg is located in Erie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wattsburg <1>
  • Marvin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
    • Marvin is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
  • French Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Belle Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Valley
      • Belle Valley is located in Erie County
    • Godard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Godard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godard
      • Godard is located in Erie County
    • Jackson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Erie County

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

Newspapers Published in Hornby ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hornby.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hornby, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hornby.

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 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 Hornby:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hornby. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Erie County: www.eriecountygov.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<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 Hornby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hornby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hornby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1163, Longitude: -79.8632       In this case, the coordinates for Hornby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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