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 Twin Oaks (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 Twin Oaks. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Twin Oaks 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 Twin Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twin Oaks:
- Venango County (The home county of Twin Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Cranberry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
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- Hill City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Seneca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nickleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Fertigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
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- Siverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Woodland Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Oil City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Coal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Colonial Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Emlenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Parker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Kaylor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
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- Wattersonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Tidal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
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- Rimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Millville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Deanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Ferris
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Bruin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Harrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Petrolia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Karns City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bovard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Forestville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Hooker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Branchton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Lamartine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
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- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Venus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Beaver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Knox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Turkey City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Elk City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Iron City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Fryburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Marble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alum Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Gresham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
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- Deckard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Titusville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Black Ash
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Hydetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Fauncetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Cochranton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Frenchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Guys Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Townville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vrooman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Tionesta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Trunkeyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Gilfoyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Redclyffe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Clarington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marienville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Ella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Corsica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Sigel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Howe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Summerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- North Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Kilgore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- New Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Perrine Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Sandy Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Enterprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Stoneboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Swamproot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- New Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Jackson Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Enterprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Tidioute
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twin Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Twin Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Twin Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twin Oaks.
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 Twin Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twin Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunset Hill Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Schreffler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Melat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Farren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bickle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (151 more) ...
- Craig Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Starr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Twin Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Twin Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twin Oaks, with the one closest to Twin Oaks listed first.
- Cranberry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Seneca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nickleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Astral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Astral is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astral
- East Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Sandy is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandy
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Fertigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Siverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Coal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Pittsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Kossuth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Reno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Foster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twin Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twin Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Twin Oaks ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Twin Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twin Oaks, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Twin Oaks.
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 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 Twin Oaks:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Mercer County
- Warren 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Twin Oaks) 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 Twin Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |