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 Hunter (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 Hunter. 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.
Hunter 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 Hunter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hunter:
- Forest County (The home county of Hunter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Tionesta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Trunkeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Gilfoyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Redclyffe
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Balltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Marienville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Clarington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Armstrong County
- Parker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Wolfs Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Venus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Newmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Fryburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Marble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Leeper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Arthurs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Elk City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Helen Furnace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Titusville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Vrooman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Fauncetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Tryonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Townville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Deckard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Spartansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Millstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Ella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Howe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Baxter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Summerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Brookville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- North Sandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Kilgore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Milledgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- New Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- President
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Pithole City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Coal Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Plumer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Shamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Pleasantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Colonial Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Petroleum Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Rouseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McClintock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Tidioute
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cobham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Sanford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Hermit Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- East Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Garland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Pittsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Spring Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Henrys Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Hoover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hunter, see our County-by-County Page for Hunter.
Cemeteries Near Hunter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunter.
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 Hunter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hunter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Holeman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Collins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCrea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Venus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venus Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Venus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46568 <4>
- Craig Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dehner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Memory's Acre Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory's Acre Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memory's Acre Cemetery is located in Pleasantville.
- The Memory's Acre Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasantville Cemetery
- Continue List (123 more) ...
- Neilltown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shaw Farm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hunter had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Tionesta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- President
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Jamison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Eagle Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eagle Rock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Nebraska
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nebraska is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Stewart Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stewart Run is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Run
- Pithole City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Oleopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oleopolis is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleopolis
- Coal Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Venus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Newmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- West Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Hickory is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hickory
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Plumer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Fryburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Strobleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strobleton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strobleton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hunter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hunter.
Newspapers Published in Hunter ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunter, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hunter:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Forest County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Jefferson County
- Mercer 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hunter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hunter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |