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 Pritchards 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 Pritchards 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 Pritchards 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Pritchards Corner: Pritchards Cor. (or less commonly used: Pritchards Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Pritchards Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pritchards Corner may originally have been Pritchard's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pritchards Corner might be written as Pritchard Corner.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Pritchards 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 Pritchards Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pritchards Corner:
- Mercer County (The home county of Pritchards Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Sharpsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sharon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hermitage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farrell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Middlesex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shenango
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Carbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beaver County
- Ellwood City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Harrisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Slippery Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Branchton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Portersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Bovard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Adamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Westford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Conneaut Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Linesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Bedford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- New Wilmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Volant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- New Castle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bessemer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Henderson Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Barkeyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nectarine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Pearl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Polk
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Bullion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- York County
- Adamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Stanhope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Simons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- West Williamsfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Colebrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Dodgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Orwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orwell is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orwell <2>
- New Lyme
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Richmond Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Dorset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Unity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Columbiana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Washingtonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Waterford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- State Line ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County (OH)
- Parkman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Campbell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Struthers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mineral Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boardman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- West Austintown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Canfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portage County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Mahoning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- West Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Weldon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Orangeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Brookfield Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Yankee Lake
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Masury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burghill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paynes Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Coalburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Fowler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pritchards Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Pritchards Corner.
Cemeteries Near Pritchards Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pritchards 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 Pritchards Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pritchards Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- West Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
- The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Byerly Family Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Sharon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1944296 <3>
- St. Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Artherholt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slovak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morefield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morefield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morefield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Hermitage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188999 <3>
- America's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (364 more) ...
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pritchards Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pritchards Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pritchards Corner, with the one closest to Pritchards Corner listed first.
- Sharpsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hermitage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Transfer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Brockway ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brockway is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Brookfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bentley is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Middlesex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Neshannock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pritchards Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pritchards Corner.
Newspapers Published in Pritchards 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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pritchards Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pritchards Corner, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pritchards Corner.
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 either 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 Pritchards Corner:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Trumbull 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 Pritchards Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pritchards Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |