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 Shaws Landing (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 Shaws Landing. 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 Shaws Landing ...
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 Shaws Landing: Shaws Lndg. (or less commonly used: Shaws Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Shaws Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Shaws Landing may originally have been Shaw's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Shaws Landing might be written as Shaw Landing.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Shaws Landing is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Ashtabula (OH), Trumbull (OH), Erie, Mercer, Venango & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Shaws Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shaws Landing:
- Crawford County (The home county of Shaws Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Cochranton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kerrtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Wayland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Meadville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Deckard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Fredericksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Guys Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Watson Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Watson Run is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Run
- Conneaut Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Harrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Edinboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Pennside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- LeBoeuf Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keepville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Franklin Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Waterford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Union City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cranesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waterford Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- Tracy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tracy is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Milledgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Sheakleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- New Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- New Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Clarks Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Hadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Kennard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Sandy Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stoneboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Leechs Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Wilson Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Utica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Cooperstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Sugarcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Nicklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Polk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Henderson Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- McClintock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Coal City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- York County
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Simons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Richmond Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Stanhope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Andover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- West Williamsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Gould
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gould is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Dorset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Superior ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Kinsman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burghill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Barclay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Hartford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Weldon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Gustavus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- West Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Yankee Lake
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shaws Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Shaws Landing.
Cemeteries Near Shaws Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shaws Landing.
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 Shaws Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shaws Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Wygant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cochranton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kiser Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roselawn Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Andrews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greendale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- St. Agatha Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brawley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Shaws Landing had a population of 168 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shaws Landing, with the one closest to Shaws Landing listed first.
- Custards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Custards is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
- Kerrtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kerrtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrtown
- Wayland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Meadville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Carlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carlton is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Deckard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Sheakleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Guys Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Vernon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Vernon
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- New Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- New Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Blooming Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shaws Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shaws Landing.
Newspapers Published in Shaws Landing ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shaws Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shaws Landing, 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 Shaws Landing.
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 Shaws Landing:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Erie County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Trumbull 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> | 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- Shaws Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Shaws Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |