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 Lander (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 Lander. 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.
Lander is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Cattaraugus (NY), Chautauqua (NY), Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Lander. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lander:
- Warren County (The home county of Lander)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Putnamville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Putnamville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Irvine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Youngsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
- Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- Pittsfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Stoneham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Bear Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Big Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bend is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Spartansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vrooman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Elk County
- Windy City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Corry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Wattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Balltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Trunkeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Sheffield Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Westline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Timbuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Timbuck is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuck
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Custer City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Degolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Degolia is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degolia
- Lewis Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tallyho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tallyho is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
- Cattaraugus County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Onoville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Onoville is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoville
- Elko ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elko is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Elko has also been known as:
- Wolf Run
- Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
- Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
- Tunesassa
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Estimated population in 2012: 615 people
- Cold Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Conewango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conewango is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewango
- Napoli
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Napoli is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoli
- Axeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Axeville is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axeville
- Leon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Little Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Kiantone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Busti
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Frewsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Celoron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Falconer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
- Ivory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ivory is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Lakewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhurst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niobe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lander, see our County-by-County Page for Lander.
Cemeteries Near Lander ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lander.
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 Lander - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lander covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Foster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marshtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wesleyan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chandlers Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Busti Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fentonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Knapp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- Mead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hatch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilcox Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lander had a population of 166 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lander, with the one closest to Lander listed first.
- Chandlers Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chandlers Valley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Valley
- Kiantone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Russell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Busti
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Fentonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fentonville is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fentonville
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Matthews Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews Run is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Run
- North Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Warren
- Frewsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Irvine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
- Fluvanna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lander. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lander.
Newspapers Published in Lander ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lander.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lander, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lander.
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 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 Lander:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- McKean County
- Cattaraugus County
- Chautauqua 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> | 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 Lander, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lander) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |