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 Minnis 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 Minnis 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 Minnis 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Minnis Corner: Minnis Cor. (or less commonly used: Minnis Crn.)
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 and doctors 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.
Minnis Corner 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 Minnis Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Minnis Corner:
- Mercer County (The home county of Minnis Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Kennard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Leechs Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Osgood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Kashner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Kremis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Clarks Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Butler County
- Harrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Atlantic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Adamsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hartstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Pymatuning South
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Conneaut Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Westford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Pennside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Keepville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Tracy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tracy is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Cranesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edinboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- New Wilmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pulaski
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Volant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nashua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- New Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Utica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Polk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Wilson Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Henderson Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Cooperstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Nicklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Sugarcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Pearl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Barkeyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- York County
- Adamsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Simons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Williamsfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- West Andover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Wick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Richmond Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Dorset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Gould
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gould is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Rowenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Dodgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- Campbell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Superior ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Kinsman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burghill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Barclay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Five Points
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hartford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Gustavus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Weldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- West Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Yankee Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Minnis Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Minnis Corner.
Cemeteries Near Minnis Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minnis 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 Minnis Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Minnis Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Stevenson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Glen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Glen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rocky Glen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Adamsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45905 <3>
- McMichael Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shenango Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Freeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mushrush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Park Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Adsit Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sheakleyville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Minnis Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Minnis Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Minnis Corner, with the one closest to Minnis Corner listed first.
- Atlantic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Kennard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Adamsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Osgood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Leechs Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Osborn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Osborn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Hartstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Shenango
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kashner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sheakleyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Minnis Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minnis Corner.
Newspapers Published in Minnis 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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minnis Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minnis Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Minnis Corner.
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 Minnis Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Minnis Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Minnis Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |