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 Seneca (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 Seneca. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Seneca 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 Seneca. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seneca:
- Venango County (The home county of Seneca)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Siverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Woodland Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Cranberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Oil City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hill City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Colonial Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Coal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Fertigs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Rouseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Parker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Kaylor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Wattersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Ferris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Bruin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Harrisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Bovard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Karns City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hooker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Venus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Lamartine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Pine City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Fryburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Beaver City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Iron City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Knox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Turkey City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Elk City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Alum Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Gresham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Titusville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Black Ash
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Deckard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Hydetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Fauncetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Cochranton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Guys Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Townville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Frenchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vrooman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Jamison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fagundus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Gilfoyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Redclyffe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Clarington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marienville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Ella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Corsica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- North Sandy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Kilgore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Milledgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- New Lebanon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Sandy Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- New Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Stoneboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Perrys Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Jackson Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Swamproot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Clarks Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Tidioute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Cobham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seneca, see our County-by-County Page for Seneca.
Cemeteries Near Seneca ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seneca.
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 Seneca - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seneca covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Sunset Hill Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Craig Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shaw Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Graham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Melat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (153 more) ...
- Hickman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <3>
- Mt. Zion 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Seneca had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seneca, with the one closest to Seneca listed first.
- Cranberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Siverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Oil City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Astral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Astral is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astral
- East Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Sandy is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandy
- McClintock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Fertigs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Coal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Oleopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oleopolis is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleopolis
- Rouseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Rockland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seneca. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seneca.
Newspapers Published in Seneca ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seneca.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seneca, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seneca.
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 helpful 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 Seneca:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Mercer 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Seneca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Seneca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |