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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 Sedwicks Mill (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 Sedwicks Mill. 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 Sedwicks Mill ...
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 Sedwicks Mill: Sedwicks Ml. (or less commonly used: Sedwicks Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Sedwicks Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sedwicks Mill may originally have been Sedwick's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sedwicks Mill might be written as Sedwick Mill.
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.
Sedwicks Mill is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Sedwicks Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sedwicks Mill:
- Butler County (The home county of Sedwicks Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(Less than 2 miles 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ferris
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Murrinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Bruin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Petrolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Hooker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Bovard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Harrisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Karns City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Branchton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Forestville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Parker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Kaylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Wattersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Rimer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Laird Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Cowansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Worthington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Frenchs Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Foxburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saint Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Lamartine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Turkey City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- West Freedom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Beaver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Callensburg
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wentlings Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wentlings Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentlings Corners
- Knox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bela
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Deckard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Cochranton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill 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
- Jefferson County
- Corsica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Grant City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Harlansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Rose Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Volant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McCaslin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Altman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- New Wilmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Energy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Kilgore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Enterprise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Courtneys Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Perrys Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- North Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Perrine Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- North Sandy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Sandy Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stoneboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Leesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Emlenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Nectarine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Bullion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Coal City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Nickleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Pearl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Barkeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cranberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Hill City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Henderson Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sedwicks Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Sedwicks Mill.
Cemeteries Near Sedwicks Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sedwicks Mill.
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 Sedwicks Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sedwicks Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Annandale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion United Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 north)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shakley Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (169 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Melat 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.<4>
While we didn't find Sedwicks Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sedwicks Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sedwicks Mill, with the one closest to Sedwicks Mill listed first.
- Sandy Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sandy Point is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crawford Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crawford Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Corners
- Eakin Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Eau Claire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Six Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Six Points is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- Dotter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dotter is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotter
- Murrinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Argentine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Argentine is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Foxburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Emlenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hilliards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Saint Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pittsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pittsville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Saint George
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sedwicks Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sedwicks Mill.
Newspapers Published in Sedwicks Mill ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sedwicks Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sedwicks Mill, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sedwicks Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Sedwicks Mill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango 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 Sedwicks Mill, 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- Sedwicks Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |