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 Sunville (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 Sunville. 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 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.
Sunville 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 Sunville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunville:
- Venango County (The home county of Sunville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Wilson Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Cooperstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Petroleum Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Rynd Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Sugarcreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- McClintock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Rouseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plumer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nicklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Colonial Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Oil City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Harrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Venus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Wolfs Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Fryburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Newmansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Lamartine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Marble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Knox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Turkey City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Fauncetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Black Ash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Gresham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Deckard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Townville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Hydetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Titusville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Guys Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Frenchtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Cochranton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blooming Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- 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
- Union City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Beaver Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Edinboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- LeBoeuf Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- 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
- Waterford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arbuckle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Wattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Jamison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fagundus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Milledgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- North Sandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- New Lebanon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- New Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Sandy Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sheakleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sheakleyville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheakleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clarks Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Kilgore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Perrine Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Hadley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Enterprise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- East Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Sanford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Tidioute
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Spring Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Colza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colza is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Cobham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Columbus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- Adamsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunville, see our County-by-County Page for Sunville.
Cemeteries Near Sunville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunville.
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 Sunville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lamey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Troy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Catharine's RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brawley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Kingsley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Franklin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <2>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sunville had a population of 106 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunville, with the one closest to Sunville listed first.
- Wallaceville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wallaceville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
- Bradleytown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bradleytown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleytown
- Dempseytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dempseytown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempseytown
- Fauncetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Cooperstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Black Ash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Cherrytree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cherrytree is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
- Troy Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Troy Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Center
- Deckard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Gresham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Townville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Rynd Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Petroleum Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunville.
Newspapers Published in Sunville ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sunville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Mercer County
- Warren County
- York 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 Sunville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |