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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 Plum 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 Plum 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 Plum 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 Plum Corner: Plum Cor. (or less commonly used: Plum 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Plum Corner is located in 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 Venango County: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Mercer & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Plum Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plum Corner:
- Venango County (The home county of Plum Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Wilson Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Cooperstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sugarcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Utica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Petroleum Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Rynd Farm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nicklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Rouseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- McClintock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Murrinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Eau Claire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harrisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ferris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Forestville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Venus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Lamartine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Pine City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Wolfs Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Fryburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Beaver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Knox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Black Ash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Deckard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Fauncetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Guys Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Townville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Gresham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Frenchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Cochranton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hydetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Titusville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tryonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Wayland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Blooming Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Union City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Beaver Dam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Edinboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- LeBoeuf Garden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Waterford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waterford Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- Corry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Jamison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fagundus
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Milledgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- North Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- New Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- New Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Sandy Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Kilgore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Clarks Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Perrine Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Hadley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Enterprise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Sanford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Tidioute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Spring Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Colza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colza is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Garland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Cobham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- York County
- Adamsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plum Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Plum Corner.
Cemeteries Near Plum Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plum 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 Plum Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plum Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Sugar Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lamey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <2>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brawley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Millcreek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Plum Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plum Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plum Corner, with the one closest to Plum Corner listed first.
- Bradleytown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bradleytown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleytown
- Cooperstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sunville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunville
- Wallaceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wallaceville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
- Mason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Black Ash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Dempseytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dempseytown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempseytown
- Deckard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Fauncetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Sugarcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Cherrytree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cherrytree is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Troy Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Troy Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Center
- Carlton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carlton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Utica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plum Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plum Corner.
Newspapers Published in Plum 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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plum Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plum Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plum Corner.
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 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 Plum Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Mercer County
- Warren County
- York 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> | 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 Plum Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Plum Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |