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 Scotch Hill (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 Scotch Hill. 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.
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 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.
Scotch Hill is located in Clarion 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 Clarion County: Armstrong, Butler, Forest, Jefferson & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Scotch Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotch Hill:
- Clarion County (The home county of Scotch Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Cooksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leeper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Helen Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Crown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Arthurs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Newmansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Day
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Strattanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clarion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fryburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Marble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Millville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- McWilliams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Eddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Parker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Tidal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Wattersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Bradys Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Queenstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Bruin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Cherry Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- DuBois
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Treasure Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Stanley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Crawford County
- Titusville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Millstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Russell City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Horton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Brockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McKinley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Windy City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Challenge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- James City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Clarington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Tionesta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Balltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Trunkeyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Iron City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Fagundus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Ella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Howe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Baxter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Summerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Brookville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Schoffner Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Ohl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Hazen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Warsaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Fertigs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- President
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Coal Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hill City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Nickleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Pithole City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Plumer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Hasson Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Colonial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Cranberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- McClintock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Hermit Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Henrys Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Tidioute
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Donaldson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hoover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Cobham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Barnes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Sheffield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saybrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Selkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Roystone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotch Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Scotch Hill.
Cemeteries Near Scotch Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotch Hill.
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 Scotch Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotch Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Cook Forest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hominy Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Crown
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #366360 <2>
- Miola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dehner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Asbury Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clarion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clarion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Clarion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230169 <2>
- Continue List (125 more) ...
- Roses Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Venus Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venus Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Venus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46568 <2>
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<5>
While we didn't find Scotch Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scotch Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotch Hill, with the one closest to Scotch Hill listed first.
- Gravel Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Cooksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Helen Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Leeper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Crown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Ella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Tylersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Snydersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Snydersburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydersburg
- Lucinda
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Pine Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Pine Grove is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine Grove
- Miola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miola is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miola
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Vowinckel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lickingville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lickingville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickingville
- Arthurs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotch Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotch Hill.
Newspapers Published in Scotch Hill ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotch Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotch Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scotch Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Scotch Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clearfield County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Venango County
- Warren 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Scotch Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Scotch Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |