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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 Schofield 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 Schofield 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 Schofield 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Schofield Corners: Schofield Cors.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Schofield Corners 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 Schofield Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Schofield Corners:
- Mercer County (The home county of Schofield Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- New Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
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- Clarks Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Sheakleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Hadley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Sandy Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Fredonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kashner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Coolspring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- Harrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Forestville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Murrinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Bovard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Slippery Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Eau Claire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Hallston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Clarion County
- Lamartine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- Cochranton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Deckard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Atlantic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Kerrtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Frenchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Conneaut Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Fredericksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Meadville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wayland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- Volant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Wilmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Nashua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Harlansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- McCaslin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Bedford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Grant City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- New Castle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Rose Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- West New Castle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- Utica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Polk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Henderson Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Nicklin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Sugarcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Cooperstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Wilson Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Pearl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Bullion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Barkeyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- York County
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- Simons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Andover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Williamsfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- West Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Wick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Richmond Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- Five Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Superior ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Burghill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Weldon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- West Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Hartford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Kinsman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Brookfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Barclay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Schofield Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Schofield Corners.
Cemeteries Near Schofield Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schofield 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 Schofield Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Schofield Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sheakleyville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centenary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Sandy Lake.
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sandy Lake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45647 <2>
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Yankee Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Schofield Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Schofield Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Schofield Corners, with the one closest to Schofield Corners listed first.
- New Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Clarks Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Sheakleyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- New Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Hadley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Stoneboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Custards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Custards is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
- Osborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Osborn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Kashner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fredonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mills
- North Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Schofield Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schofield Corners.
Newspapers Published in Schofield 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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schofield Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Schofield Corners, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Schofield Corners.
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 Schofield Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Trumbull 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Schofield Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Schofield Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |