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 Vowinckel (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 Vowinckel. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Vowinckel is located in Clarion 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 Clarion County: Armstrong, Butler, Forest, Jefferson & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Vowinckel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vowinckel:
- Clarion County (The home county of Vowinckel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- Crown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Newmansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Helen Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Marble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fryburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arthurs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Venus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Day
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Strattanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- Millville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- McWilliams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- Titusville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- Millstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Russell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- McKinley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Windy City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- James City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Horton City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Whistletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Shawmut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Brockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Challenge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- Gilfoyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Redclyffe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Clarington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Balltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Jamison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Trunkeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Sheffield Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Fagundus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- Ella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Corsica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Munderf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Schoffner Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Baxter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Brookville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Warsaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Summerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Ohl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Allens Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- McKean County
- Kane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- President
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Coal Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Fertigs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Pithole City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Hill City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Pleasantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Shamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Nickleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Colonial Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- Hermit Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Henrys Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Donaldson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hoover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Tidioute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Cobham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Sheffield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saybrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Enterprise
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Roystone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
- Clarendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Selkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vowinckel, see our County-by-County Page for Vowinckel.
Cemeteries Near Vowinckel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vowinckel.
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 Vowinckel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vowinckel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Crown
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #366360 <2>
- Roses Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Forest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Forest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hominy Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dehner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whig Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Venus Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venus Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Venus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46568 <2>
- Miola Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Collins Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Vowinckel had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vowinckel, with the one closest to Vowinckel listed first.
- North Pine Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Pine Grove is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine Grove
- Crown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Gilfoyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Leeper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guitonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Guitonville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guitonville
- Redclyffe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Williams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Tylersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cooksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Golinza
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Golinza is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinza
- Gravel Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Marienville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Lickingville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lickingville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickingville
- Ella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vowinckel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vowinckel.
Newspapers Published in Vowinckel ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vowinckel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vowinckel, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vowinckel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Vowinckel:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- McKean County
- Venango 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vowinckel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Vowinckel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |