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 Riddle Crossroads (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 Riddle Crossroads. 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 Riddle Crossroads ...
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 Riddle Crossroads: Riddle Xrds.
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.
Riddle Crossroads 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 Riddle Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riddle Crossroads:
- Venango County (The home county of Riddle Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Clintonville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eakin Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Saint George
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Bullion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Nectarine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Emlenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Barkeyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Henderson Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Nickleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Cranberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Bradys Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Kaylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Queenstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Wattersonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Rimer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Cowansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Dee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Frenchs Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Murrinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Eau Claire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Harrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Forestville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Bruin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Branchton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- West Sunbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Hallston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Foxburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Petersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Lamartine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Turkey City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- West Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Beaver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Callensburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wentlings Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wentlings Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentlings Corners
- Knox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Deckard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Cochranton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Fauncetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Frenchtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Gresham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Guys Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Titusville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Tionesta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Harlansburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Grant City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Volant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- McCaslin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Altman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Energy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- New Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Nashua
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Kilgore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Perrys Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Courtneys Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- North Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- North Sandy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Sandy Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riddle Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Riddle Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Riddle Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riddle Crossroads.
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 Riddle Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riddle Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Annandale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bickle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Irwin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Zion United Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Melat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gadsby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Graham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Riddle Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riddle Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riddle Crossroads, with the one closest to Riddle Crossroads listed first.
- Clintonville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eakin Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Murrinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Sandy Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crawford Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Corners
- Saint George
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Kennerdell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bullion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Nectarine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Eau Claire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Emlenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Six Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Six Points is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Dotter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dotter is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotter
- Pittsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riddle Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riddle Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Riddle Crossroads ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riddle Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riddle Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riddle Crossroads.
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 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 Riddle Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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 Riddle Crossroads, 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- Riddle Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |