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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 Smith Corners (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 Smith Corners. 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 Smith Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Smith Corners: Smith Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smith Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smith Corners.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Smith Corners 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 Smith Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smith Corners:
- Venango County (The home county of Smith Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Clintonville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eakin Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Nectarine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Bullion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Barkeyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saint George
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Emlenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Coal City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Henderson Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Polk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Nickleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Bradys Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Kaylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Queenstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Wattersonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Cowansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Rimer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Worthington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Ellwood City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Lillyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Wurtemburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Murrinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Cherry Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Harrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Bovard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Bruin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Hooker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Hallston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Slippery Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Foxburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Lamartine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Turkey City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- West Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Beaver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Callensburg
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wentlings Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wentlings Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentlings Corners
- Bela
(17 miles [27.4 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 Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Deckard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Cochranton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Black Ash
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Fauncetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Frenchtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Forest County
- Tionesta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Harlansburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Grant City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Volant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rose Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- McCaslin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Wilmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Altman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Energy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South New Castle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- West New Castle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Nashua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Kilgore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Courtneys Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Perrys Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- North Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Jackson Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Sandy Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smith Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Smith Corners.
Cemeteries Near Smith Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smith Corners.
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 Smith Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smith Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Annandale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Irwin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gadsby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bickle Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farren Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zion United Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (185 more) ...
- Melat Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woods Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Home Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Smith Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smith Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smith Corners, with the one closest to Smith Corners listed first.
- Clintonville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Murrinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Eakin Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Nectarine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Bullion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Eau Claire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boyers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Point is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crawford Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crawford Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Corners
- Wesley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Barkeyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Annandale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Annandale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hilliards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Argentine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argentine is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Six Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Six Points is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smith Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smith Corners.
Newspapers Published in Smith Corners ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smith Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smith Corners, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smith Corners.
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 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 Smith Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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> | 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 Smith Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smith Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |