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 Keenan (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 Keenan. 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 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.
Keenan 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 Keenan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keenan:
- Butler County (The home county of Keenan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Ferris
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
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- Murrinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Eau Claire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Bovard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- West Sunbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Branchton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Forestville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Hooker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bruin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Hallston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Parker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Kaylor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Bradys Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Queenstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Wattersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Laird Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Cowansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Shadyside Village
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Tidal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Worthington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchs Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Goehring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- 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
- Ellwood City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Frisco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- North Sewickley
(27 miles [43.5 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)
- Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Foxburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Freedom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Alum Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Lamartine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Turkey City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Bela
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Monroe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Callensburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Toby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Catfish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- East Brady
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Deckard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Cochranton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Grant City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Harlansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Rose Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- McCaslin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Volant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Altman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Energy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- New Wilmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ellport
(26 miles [41.8 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
- South New Castle
(26 miles [41.8 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
- West New Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Mahoningtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Courtneys Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- North Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Kilgore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Perrys Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Jackson Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- North Sandy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Mercer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nectarine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Barkeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Coal City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Henderson Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Nickleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Polk
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Cranberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keenan, see our County-by-County Page for Keenan.
Cemeteries Near Keenan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keenan.
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 Keenan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keenan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Annandale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Sunbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shakley Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Irwin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Snyder Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beloved Disciple Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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>
While we didn't find Keenan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Keenan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keenan, with the one closest to Keenan listed first.
- Annandale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Annandale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
- Boyers
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Murrinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Hilliards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Argentine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bovard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Eakin Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Branchton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Coaltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coaltown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaltown
- West Sunbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Six Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Six Points is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Clintonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forestville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keenan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keenan.
Newspapers Published in Keenan ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keenan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keenan, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keenan.
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 Keenan:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Crawford 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 Keenan, 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- Keenan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |