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 Spaces 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 Spaces 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 Spaces 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Spaces Corners: Spaces Cors.
- While the name of this community is Spaces Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Spaces Corners may originally have been Space's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Spaces Corners might be written as Space Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spaces Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spaces 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Spaces Corners 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 Spaces Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spaces Corners:
- Clarion County (The home county of Spaces Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Brinkerton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Frogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Hawthorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Fairmont City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leatherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Piolett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Curllsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Mechanicsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Waterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Reidsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Day
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Millville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- McWilliams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Eddyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Tidal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Muff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Dayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rimer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Wattersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Echo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Petrolia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Bruin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Karns City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Chicora
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Millerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Fenelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- North Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Greece City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Stanley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Troutville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Helvetia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Sandy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- DuBois
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Millstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Clarington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(29 miles [46.7 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 north)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Smicksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Georgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Beyer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Elkin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Marchand
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Mottarns Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Plumville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Ambrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Rossiter
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Savan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Davis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Marion Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Langville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Summerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Ohl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Pansy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Corsica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Baxter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Timblin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Coolspring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brookville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Howe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Oliveburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(24 miles [38.6 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 Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Nickleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Fertigs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Emlenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Coal Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Eakin Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Saint George
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Cranberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- President
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Seneca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Clintonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spaces Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Spaces Corners.
Cemeteries Near Spaces Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spaces 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 Spaces Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spaces Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Paradise Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vandervort Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carrier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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<4> to the southeast of Summerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44528 <3>
- Asbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Duncan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conifer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Spaces Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spaces Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spaces Corners, with the one closest to Spaces Corners listed first.
- Truittsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Truittsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truittsburg
- Brinkerton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Frogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Leatherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- New Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairmont City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shannondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shannondale is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Crates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Limestone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Piolett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Kingsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- North Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Freedom is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Curllsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- McWilliams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Langville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spaces Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spaces Corners.
Newspapers Published in Spaces 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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spaces Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spaces 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 Spaces 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 websites either 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 Spaces Corners:
- 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> | 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> | 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- Spaces Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Spaces Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |