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 Hottelville (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 Hottelville. 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 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.
Hottelville is located in Forest 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 Forest County: Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Venango & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Hottelville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hottelville:
- Forest County (The home county of Hottelville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Redclyffe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Clarington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilfoyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Iron City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Balltown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Sheffield Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Jamison
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Trunkeyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Millville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- McWilliams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Eddyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Cooksburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Newmansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Day
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Wolfs Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Arthurs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Strattanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waterson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Fryburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clarion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Treasure Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- DuBois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stanley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Helvetia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Troutville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Luthersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Millstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Russell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Horton City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Ridgway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shawmut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Brockport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Whistletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- McKinley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Windy City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Challenge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- James City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Ella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Howe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Munderf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Schoffner Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Corsica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Brookville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hazen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Warsaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Baxter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Summerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Allens Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Brockway
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- McKean County
- Kane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Coal Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Fertigs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- President
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Pithole City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Hill City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Nickleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hasson Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Plumer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Colonial Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Cranberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- McClintock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Henrys Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Donaldson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hermit Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Hoover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Barnes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Sheffield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roystone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
- Saybrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Tidioute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Clarendon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stoneham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stoneham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hottelville, see our County-by-County Page for Hottelville.
Cemeteries Near Hottelville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hottelville.
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 Hottelville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hottelville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Cook Forest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hominy Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Crown
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #366360 <2>
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roses Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Forest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Moorhead Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miola Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (119 more) ...
- Riggs Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maxwell Run Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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>
While we didn't find Hottelville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hottelville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hottelville, with the one closest to Hottelville listed first.
- Clarington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redclyffe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Cooksburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Millstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- North Pine Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Pine Grove is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine Grove
- Gravel Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Sigel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vowinckel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roses
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Gilfoyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Crown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fisher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Williams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Leeper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hottelville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hottelville.
Newspapers Published in Hottelville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hottelville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hottelville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hottelville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Hottelville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Forest County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- McKean County
- Venango County
- Warren 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 Hottelville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hottelville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |