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 Transfer (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 Transfer. 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.
Transfer is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Transfer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Transfer:
- Mercer County (The home county of Transfer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Shenango
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kremis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Hermitage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kashner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Grove City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Osgood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Leechs Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Farrell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Harrisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Slippery Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Westford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Conneaut Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Linesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Pulaski
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Wilmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Nashua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Volant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- McCaslin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Henderson Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Barkeyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Pearl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Polk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Nectarine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Bullion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Nicklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Sugarcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Clintonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- York County
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Simons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Andover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Colebrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Richmond Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Dodgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Orwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orwell is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orwell <1>
- Dorset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rowenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Campbell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lowellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Struthers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Austintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Poland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boardman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Canfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Weldon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Burghill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Superior ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Brookfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- West Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Yankee Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Masury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Transfer, see our County-by-County Page for Transfer.
Cemeteries Near Transfer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Transfer.
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 Transfer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Transfer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reichard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Orangeville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
- The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Byerly Family Cemetery
- St. Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delaware Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Sharon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1944296 <2>
- Continue List (349 more) ...
- America's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shenango Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Giddings Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Transfer had a population of 228 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Transfer, with the one closest to Transfer listed first.
- Shenango
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- New Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Sharpsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Weldon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Hermitage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kremis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Brockway ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brockway is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Grove City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kashner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Burghill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Clark
(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 Transfer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Transfer.
Newspapers Published in Transfer ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Transfer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Transfer, 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 Transfer.
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 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 Transfer:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning 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> | 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 Transfer, 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' (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- Transfer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |