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 Shannondale (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 Shannondale. 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 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.
Shannondale 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 Shannondale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shannondale:
- Clarion County (The home county of Shannondale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Crates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Frogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Hawthorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkerton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Day
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Mechanicsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Waterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- New Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Strattanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- McWilliams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- South Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Eddyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Muff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Dee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Echo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Tidal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Barnards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Bruin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Petrolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Karns City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Chicora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Fenelton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Helvetia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Stanley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Troutville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- DuBois
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Luthersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Burnside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mahaffey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laborde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Rockton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Millstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Brockport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Clarington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Tionesta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Smicksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Trade City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Georgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Marchand
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Mottarns Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Beyer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Elkin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Rossiter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Savan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Ambrose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Johnsonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Ohl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Summerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Langville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Baxter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Pansy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Corsica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Timblin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Coolspring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brookville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Howe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Nickleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Fertigs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Coal Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hill City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Emlenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eakin Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shannondale, see our County-by-County Page for Shannondale.
Cemeteries Near Shannondale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shannondale.
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 Shannondale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shannondale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Paradise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vandervort Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carrier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carrier Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Summerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44528 <3>
- Conifer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- Coolspring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Shannondale had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shannondale, with the one closest to Shannondale listed first.
- Truittsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Truittsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truittsburg
- Heathville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heathville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathville
- Crates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Kingsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Ohl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Summerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- North Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Freedom is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Langville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Content
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Content is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Content
- Frogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Pansy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Baxter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Fairmont City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ringgold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ringgold is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shannondale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shannondale.
Newspapers Published in Shannondale ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shannondale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shannondale, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shannondale.
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 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 Shannondale:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Venango 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shannondale) 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 Shannondale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |