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 Stone House (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 Stone House. 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 southeast 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 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.
Stone House 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 Stone House. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stone House:
- Clarion County (The home county of Stone House)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Strattanville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clarion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Waterson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Reidsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Arthurs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Shippenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Crates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Curllsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Millville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Deanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- McWilliams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Putneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Eddyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Tidal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Wattersonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Dee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Parker
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Bruin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Petrolia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cherry Valley
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Karns City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Eau Claire
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chicora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Ferris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Hooker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Murrinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Millstone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Clarington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Tionesta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roses
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Jamison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Marienville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Balltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Trunkeyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Smicksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Georgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Marchand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Beyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Elkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Mottarns Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Plumville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Rossiter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Corsica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Summerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Baxter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Howe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Ella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Ohl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Brookville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sigel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Langville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Coolspring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Fertigs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Nickleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Coal Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hill City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Emlenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cranberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- President
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Seneca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Siverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Woodland Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Eakin Corner
(23 miles [37 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 Stone House, see our County-by-County Page for Stone House.
Cemeteries Near Stone House ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stone House.
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 Stone House - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stone House covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clarion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clarion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Clarion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230169 <2>
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Miola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Perry Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- Vandervort Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carrier Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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<3> to the southeast of Summerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44528 <2>
- Old Dutch Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Stone House in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stone House.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stone House, with the one closest to Stone House listed first.
- Strattanville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clarion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reidsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Limestone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Miola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Miola is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miola
- Clarion Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clarion Junction is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion Junction
- Arthurs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Paint Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Mills is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Mills
- Kingsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Curllsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brinkerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Crates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Helen Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stone House. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stone House.
Newspapers Published in Stone House ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stone House.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stone House, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stone House.
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 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 Stone House:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler 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> | 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Stone House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Stone House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |