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 Stony Point (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 Stony Point. 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 Stony Point ...
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.
Another variation: Stonypoint.
- A typical abbreviation for Stony Point: Stony Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stony Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stony Point.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Stony Point 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 Stony Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stony Point:
- Crawford County (The home county of Stony Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Conneaut Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Hartstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Atlantic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Adamsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Harmonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmonsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonsburg
- Watson Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watson Run is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Run
- Linesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning South
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Espyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pymatuning Central
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Pennside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Keepville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Albion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cranesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tracy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tracy is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Edinboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Franklin Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Francis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Francis is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Little Elk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Little Elk is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
- Platea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Platea is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Cross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cross is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- East Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Kennard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leechs Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Osgood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Sheakleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kashner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Shenango
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Clarks Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Kremis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Milledgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Wilson Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Utica
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Henderson Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Nicklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Polk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Sugarcreek
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- York County
- Adamsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Simons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- West Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- West Williamsfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Stanhope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Wick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Gould
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gould is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Dorset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rowenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Colebrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- New Lyme
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Dodgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Kinsman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Superior ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Barclay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Vernon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Burghill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gustavus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Five Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Hartford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Weldon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Greene
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Fowler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Mecca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stony Point, see our County-by-County Page for Stony Point.
Cemeteries Near Stony Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stony Point.
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 Stony Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stony Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Mushrush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Adsit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McMichael Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McMichael Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barber Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Andrews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Glen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Glen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rocky Glen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Adamsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45905 <3>
- Hood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Breckenridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 in 1895, Stony Point had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stony Point, with the one closest to Stony Point listed first.
- Conneaut Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hartstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- West Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Vernon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Vernon
- Meadville Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meadville Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Junction
- Adamsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Shermansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shermansville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermansville
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Watson Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watson Run is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Run
- Harmonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmonsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmonsburg
- Kennard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Osborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Osborn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Linesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stony Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stony Point.
Newspapers Published in Stony Point ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stony Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stony Point, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stony Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Stony Point:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Erie County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Trumbull 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 '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- Stony Point) 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 Stony Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |