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 Kidders Corner (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 Kidders Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Kidders Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Kidders Corner: Kidders Cor. (or less commonly used: Kidders Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Kidders Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kidders Corner may originally have been Kidder's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kidders Corner might be written as Kidder Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Kidders Corner is located in Erie 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 Erie County: Chautauqua (NY), Ashtabula (OH), Crawford (OH) & Warren (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Kidders Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kidders Corner:
- Erie County (The home county of Kidders Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidders Corner, with the one closest to Kidders Corner listed first.
- Cranesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Keepville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Albion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- East Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cross is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Platea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Platea is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Pennside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Tracy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Little Elk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Elk is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
- Francis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Francis is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Girard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Girard is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidders Corner, with the one closest to Kidders Corner listed first.
- Springboro Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springboro Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Station
- Springboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Conneautville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crossingville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crossingville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
- Mosiertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mosiertown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosiertown
- Dicksonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
- Norrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norrisville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norrisville
- Coons Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
- Harmonsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harmonsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonsburg
- Linesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pymatuning North
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Venango
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidders Corner, with the one closest to Kidders Corner listed first.
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kennard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- York County
- Adamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kidders Corner, with the one closest to Kidders Corner listed first.
- Conneaut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- North Kingsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kingsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gould
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gould is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Richmond Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Crestlawn Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crestlawn Village is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestlawn Village
- Edgewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Edgewood is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Parkwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parkwood Village is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
- Ashtabula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dorset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Andover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kidders Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Kidders Corner.
Cemeteries Near Kidders Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kidders Corner.
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 Kidders Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kidders Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kidders Corner, with the one closest to Kidders Corner listed first.
- Salsbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Randall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Randall Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Albion.
- The Randall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Randall / Valley Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976564 <3>
- Springfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brock Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Francis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Lakeville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (151 more) ...
- Farnham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Durkee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reeds Corners Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Kidders Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kidders Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kidders Corner, with the one closest to Kidders Corner listed first.
- Keepville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Albion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Lundys Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lundys Lane is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundys Lane
- East Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tracy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Pennside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Platea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Platea is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Cross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cross is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- West Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thornton Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thornton Junction is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Junction
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shadeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shadeland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Pont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pont is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pont
- Ivarea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ivarea is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivarea
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kidders Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kidders Corner.
Newspapers Published in Kidders Corner ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kidders Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kidders Corner, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kidders Corner.
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 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 Kidders Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Erie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Mercer County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Kidders Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Kidders Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |