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 Indian Run (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 Indian Run. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Indian Run 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 Indian Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Indian Run:
- Mercer County (The home county of Indian Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Millburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
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- Leesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Mercer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
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- North Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
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- Courtneys Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Perrys Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
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- Coolspring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
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- Jackson Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Middlesex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Armstrong County
- Parker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Ellwood City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Frisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Lillyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- North Sewickley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Koppel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver
(23 miles [37 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
- Goehring
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
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- Homewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- New Galilee
(23 miles [37 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
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Darlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Slippery Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Harrisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Branchton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Bovard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Portersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hallston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
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- Murrinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Prospect
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Clarion County
- Foxburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Atlantic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Adamsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Cochranton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pymatuning South
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Hartstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Deckard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Westford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Volant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Wilmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- McCaslin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Harlansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Castle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Altman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Grant City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Barkeyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nectarine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Henderson Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Pearl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bullion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Clintonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eakin Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Polk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Saint George
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Coal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
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- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Nicklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- York County
- Adamsville
(25 miles [40.2 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 Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Simons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- State Line ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Unity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
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- East Palestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Waterford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbiana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(24 miles [38.6 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 Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Lowellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hazelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Struthers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Middletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Youngstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boardman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- North Lima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Austintown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- West Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Masury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hubbard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brookfield Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Maplewood Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Five Points
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Weldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Yankee Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Coalburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Orangeville
(18 miles [29 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
- Hartford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Paynes Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Indian Run, see our County-by-County Page for Indian Run.
Cemeteries Near Indian Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Run.
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 Indian Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Indian Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- White Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Volant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Carpenders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fair Oaks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Courtney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Findley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer Citizens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer Citizens Cemetery
- The Mercer Citizens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Citizens Cemetery
- Briar Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Brook United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Eastbrook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Eastbrook United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zahniser Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Indian Run had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Indian Run, with the one closest to Indian Run listed first.
- Volant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Hoagland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hoagland is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Hope Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Mills
- New Wilmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- London
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- London is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Grahms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grahms is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
- Eastbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eastbrook is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbrook
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pardoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pardoe is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardoe
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Indian Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Indian Run.
Newspapers Published in Indian Run ...
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 Indian Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Run, 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 Indian Run.
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 helpful 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 Indian Run:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning 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 Indian Run, 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 from Point A (ie- Indian Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |