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 Old Clarendon (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 Old Clarendon. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Old Clarendon 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 Old Clarendon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Clarendon:
- Warren County (The home county of Old Clarendon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Clarendon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stoneham
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stoneham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Saybrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- East Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
- Hemlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hemlock is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sheffield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bend is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Barnes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Roystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
- Hermit Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Hoover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Donaldson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Crown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Newmansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Leeper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Vrooman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Spartansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Windy City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- James City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McKinley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Russell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Wilcox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hallton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Millstone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Streights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Streights is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streights
- Johnsonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
- Whistletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Instanter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Instanter is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Instanter
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- Corry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Balltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Sheffield Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Iron City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Fagundus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Marienville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Roses
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Gilfoyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Jamison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Redclyffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Tionesta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Westline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tallyho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tallyho is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
- Coontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coontown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
- Kanesholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kanesholm is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesholm
- Timbuck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Timbuck is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuck
- Big Shanty
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Big Shanty is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty
- Freeman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Freeman is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Lewis Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Custer City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Jewett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hutchins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hutchins is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
- Degolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Degolia is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degolia
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pithole City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Shamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Cattaraugus County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Onoville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Onoville is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoville
- Elko ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
- Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
- Tunesassa
- Cold Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Randolph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Estimated population in 2012: 615 people
- Limestone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Ireland ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Ireland is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- New Ireland has also been known as:
- Irish Town
- Little Ireland
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Kiantone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Frewsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ivory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ivory is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Busti
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Celoron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Falconer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Poland Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Poland Center is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center
- Niobe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fluvanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
- Lakewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Clarendon, see our County-by-County Page for Old Clarendon.
Cemeteries Near Old Clarendon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Clarendon.
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 Old Clarendon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Clarendon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Irvine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Snyder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moriah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weiler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Weiler Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of North Warren.
- The Weiler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Yankee Bush Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142104 <3>
- Mead Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lone Pine Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Kane.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198998 <3>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Brookston Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Dolors Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshtown Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Old Clarendon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Clarendon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Clarendon, with the one closest to Old Clarendon listed first.
- Clarendon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stoneham
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stoneham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Tiona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glade is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Saybrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Cherry Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- East Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
- Sheffield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hemlock is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Barnes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- North Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Warren
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Roystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
- Ludlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Donaldson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Clarendon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Clarendon.
Newspapers Published in Old Clarendon ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Clarendon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Clarendon, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Clarendon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Old Clarendon:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- McKean County
- Venango 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Clarendon) 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 Old Clarendon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |