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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 Parkers Corners (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 Parkers Corners. 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 Parkers Corners ...
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 Parkers Corners: Parkers Cors.
- While the name of this community is Parkers Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Parkers Corners may originally have been Parker's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Parkers Corners might be written as Parker Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Parkers Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Parkers Corners.
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 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.
Parkers Corners is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Parkers Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parkers Corners:
- Butler County (The home county of Parkers Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Bruin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Petrolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Cherry Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Karns City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kepples Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Ferris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Millerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Hooker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Chicora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Greece City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Parker
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fredericksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Kaylor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Bradys Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Wattersonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Rimer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Cowansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Laird Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Frenchs Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Worthington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- West Freedom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Foxburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Bela
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Callensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Toby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Turkey City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Catfish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- East Brady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Phillipston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Forest County
- Tionesta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Corsica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Summerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Langville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Ohl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Baxter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Pansy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Timblin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Ella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Grant City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Harlansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Rose Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- McCaslin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Volant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Kilgore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Courtneys Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- North Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Perrys Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- North Sandy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Jackson Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Emlenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clintonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Saint George
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Bullion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Nectarine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Coal City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Barkeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Pearl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Fertigs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Hill City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Westmoreland County
- Bagdad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parkers Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Parkers Corners.
Cemeteries Near Parkers Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkers Corners.
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 Parkers Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parkers Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Fletcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shakley Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Eusebius Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zion United Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (164 more) ...
- White Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Annandale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
While we didn't find Parkers Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parkers Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parkers Corners, with the one closest to Parkers Corners listed first.
- Bruin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- West Monterey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Monterey is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monterey
- Dutch Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Hill is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
- West Freedom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Foxburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Six Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Six Points is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Petrolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Upper Hillville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Hillville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hillville
- Saint Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Karns City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Queenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bela
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Turnip Hole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turnip Hole is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip Hole
- Alum Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Crawford Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkers Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkers Corners.
Newspapers Published in Parkers Corners ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parkers Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parkers Corners, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parkers Corners.
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 Parkers Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Clarion County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Westmoreland 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 Parkers Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Parkers Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |