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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 Titusville (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 Titusville. 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.

Titusville is located in Crawford County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Titusville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Titusville:

  • Crawford County     (The home county of Titusville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Titusville, with the one closest to Titusville listed first.
    • Gresham
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hydetown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Vrooman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vrooman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
      • Vrooman is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vrooman
      • From Titusville to Vrooman
    • Tryonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <3>
    • Fauncetown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Black Ash
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Black Ash. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
      • Black Ash is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Black Ash
      • From Titusville to Black Ash
    • Townville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Townville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
      • Townville is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Riceville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riceville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
      • Riceville is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Riceville
      • From Titusville to Riceville
    • Spartansburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spartansburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartansburg
      • Spartansburg is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spartansburg <3>
    • Lincolnville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rootville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rootville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
      • Rootville is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rootville
      • From Titusville to Rootville
    • Canadohta Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canadohta Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
      • Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County
  • Clarion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Titusville, with the one closest to Titusville listed first.
    • Venus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolfs Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fryburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
      • Pine City is located in Clarion County
    • Iron City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
      • Iron City is located in Clarion County
    • Crown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leeper
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elk City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
      • Elk City is located in Clarion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elk City
      • From Titusville to Elk City
    • Lamartine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Beaver City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
      • Beaver City is located in Clarion County
    • Knox
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knox have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
      • Knox is located in Clarion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <3>
    • Arthurs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthurs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
      • Arthurs is located in Clarion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arthurs
      • From Titusville to Arthurs
    • Shippenville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Titusville, with the one closest to Titusville listed first.
    • Elgin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Corry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Union City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
      • Union City is located in Erie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,097 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <3>
    • Beaver Dam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mill Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbuckle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arbuckle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
      • Arbuckle is located in Erie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arbuckle
      • From Titusville to Arbuckle
    • Wattsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wattsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsburg
      • Wattsburg is located in Erie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wattsburg <3>
    • LeBoeuf Garden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Edinboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinboro
      • Edinboro is located in Erie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,405 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinboro <3>
    • Phillipsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Forest County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Titusville, with the one closest to Titusville listed first.
    • Fagundus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fagundus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
      • Fagundus is located in Forest County
    • Trunkeyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Tionesta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Balltown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balltown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
      • Balltown is located in Forest County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Balltown
      • From Titusville to Balltown
    • Gilfoyle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Roses
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roses. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
      • Roses is located in Forest County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Roses
      • From Titusville to Roses
    • Marienville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Mercer County
  • Venango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Titusville, with the one closest to Titusville listed first.
    • Pleasantville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Petroleum Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Plumer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pithole City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pithole City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
      • Pithole City is located in Venango County
    • Rouseville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rouseville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouseville
      • Rouseville is located in Venango County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rouseville <3>
    • Rynd Farm
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rynd Farm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
      • Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rynd Farm
      • From Titusville to Rynd Farm
    • McClintock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McClintock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
      • McClintock is located in Venango County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McClintock
      • From Titusville to McClintock
    • Colonial Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
      • Colonial Village is located in Venango County
    • Hasson Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hasson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
      • Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
    • President
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oil City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cooperstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilson Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren County
  • Chautauqua County (NY)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Titusville, see our County-by-County Page for Titusville.

Cemeteries Near Titusville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Titusville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Titusville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Titusville, with the one closest to Titusville listed first.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Titusville had a population of 8,073 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Titusville had a population of 5,105 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Titusville, with the one closest to Titusville listed first.

  • East Titusville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Titusville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Titusville
    • East Titusville is located in Crawford County
  • Gresham
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hydetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Shamburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
    • Shamburg is located in Venango County
  • Pleasantville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Enterprise
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Diamond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Diamond is located in Venango County
  • Cherrytree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrytree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
    • Cherrytree is located in Venango County
  • Pioneer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
    • Pioneer is located in Venango County
  • Selkirk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Selkirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
    • Selkirk is located in Warren County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Selkirk
    • From Titusville to Selkirk
  • Petroleum Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Vrooman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vrooman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
    • Vrooman is located in Crawford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Vrooman
    • From Titusville to Vrooman
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Tryonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Troy Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troy Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Center
      • Troy Center is located in Crawford County
    • Wallaceville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallaceville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
      • Wallaceville is located in Venango County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Titusville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Titusville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Titusville ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Titusville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Titusville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Titusville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Titusville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5> of Titusville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Titusville:

The official website for Titusville: www.titusvillepa.com/

The official website for Crawford County: www.co.crawford.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- Titusville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Titusville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6271, Longitude: -79.6733    
<6>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 Titusville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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