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 North Sandy (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 North Sandy. 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 North Sandy ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Sandy: N. Sandy
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 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.
North Sandy is primarily located in Mercer County. A portion of North Sandy extends into Venango 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 North Sandy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Sandy:
- Mercer County (The home county of North Sandy)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Sandy Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Stoneboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Perrine Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Kilgore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Clarks Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Jackson Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coolspring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Parker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Harrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Forestville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Cherry Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Ferris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Slippery Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hallston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- West Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Bruin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Lamartine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Foxburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Turkey City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Beaver City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Pine City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Knox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Cochranton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deckard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Black Ash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Frenchtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Guys Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Wayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Fauncetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Kerrtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Atlantic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Meadville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Jamison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Volant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Wilmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Grant City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- McCaslin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Nashua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Rose Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Polk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Sugarcreek
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Henderson Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pearl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Cooperstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Bullion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Coal City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Wilson Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- York County
- Adamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- Simons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Five Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Superior ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Burghill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Weldon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- West Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Masury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Kinsman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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 North Sandy, see our County-by-County Page for North Sandy.
Cemeteries Near North Sandy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Sandy.
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 North Sandy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Sandy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Millcreek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Millcreek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Sandy Lake.
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Lake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45647 <2>
- Yankee Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Sandy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hendersonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woods Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Gadsby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centenary 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, North Sandy had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Sandy, with the one closest to North Sandy listed first.
- Raymilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Raymilton is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymilton
- Polk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Niles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Niles is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Sandy Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarcreek
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Milledgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- New Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Carlton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carlton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Kilgore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Pearl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brandon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Sandy. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Sandy.
Newspapers Published in North Sandy ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Sandy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Sandy, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Sandy.
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 professional and volunteer 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 North Sandy:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- York County
- Ashtabula 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Sandy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 North Sandy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |