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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 Wayland (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 Wayland. 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 and doctors 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.

Wayland 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 Wayland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wayland:

  • Crawford County     (The home county of Wayland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
    • Frenchtown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frenchtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
      • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Frenchtown
      • From Wayland to Frenchtown
    • Blooming Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
      • Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Guys Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guys Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Mills
      • Guys Mills is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guys Mills <3>
    • Kerrtown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Meadville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fredericksburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
      • Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
    • Saegertown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saegertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saegertown
      • Saegertown is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • Cochranton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cochranton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochranton
      • Cochranton is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cochranton <3>
    • Woodcock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodcock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcock
      • Woodcock is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Deckard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deckard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
      • Deckard is located in Crawford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Deckard
      • From Wayland to Deckard
    • Black Ash
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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 Wayland to Black Ash
    • Coons Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Geneva
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Crawford County
  • Erie County
  • Mercer County
  • Venango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
    • Wilson Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooperstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Utica
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugarcreek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sugarcreek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
      • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sugarcreek
      • From Wayland to Sugarcreek
    • Nicklin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Polk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Uniontown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
      • Uniontown is located in Venango County
    • Petroleum Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Rynd Farm
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Wayland to Rynd Farm
    • McClintock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Wayland to McClintock
    • Rouseville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Colonial Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
    • Enterprise
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Enterprise. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Enterprise
      • From Wayland to Enterprise
    • Selkirk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • 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 Wayland to Selkirk
    • East Branch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Branch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
      • East Branch is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to East Branch
      • From Wayland to East Branch
    • Sanford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sanford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Sanford is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sanford
      • From Wayland to Sanford
    • West Spring Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Colza
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colza. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
      • Colza is located in Warren County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Colza
      • From Wayland to Colza
  • York County
  • Ashtabula County (OH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
    • Simons
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Simons. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
      • Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Simons
      • From Wayland to Simons
    • Andover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <3>
    • Richmond Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • West Andover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • West Williamsfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Stanhope
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanhope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
      • Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stanhope
      • From Wayland to Stanhope
    • Wick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
      • Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wick
      • From Wayland to Wick
  • Trumbull County (OH)

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

Cemeteries Near Wayland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wayland.

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 Wayland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland 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 in 1895, Wayland had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Frenchtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frenchtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Frenchtown
    • From Wayland to Frenchtown
  • Blooming Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
    • Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
  • Guys Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guys Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Mills
    • Guys Mills is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guys Mills <3>
  • Meadville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Kerrtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Shaws Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaws Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaws Landing
    • Shaws Landing is located in Crawford County
  • Lyona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyona
    • Lyona is located in Crawford County
  • Pinney Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinney Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinney Corners
    • Pinney Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Custards
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custards have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
    • Custards is located in Crawford County
  • Deckard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deckard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
    • Deckard is located in Crawford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Deckard
    • From Wayland to Deckard
  • New Richmond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
    • New Richmond is located in Crawford County
  • Woodcock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodcock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcock
    • Woodcock is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Geneva
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geneva have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Crawford County
    • Black Ash
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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 Wayland to Black Ash
    • Coons Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Wayland ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wayland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wayland, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wayland.

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 helpful 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 Wayland:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wayland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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>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- Wayland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wayland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6294, Longitude: -80.0697       In this case, the coordinates for Wayland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Wayland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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