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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 Whig Hill (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 Whig Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Whig Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Whighill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Whig Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whig Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals 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.
Whig Hill is located in Forest 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 Forest County: Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Venango & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Whig Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whig Hill:
- Forest County (The home county of Whig Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Balltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Trunkeyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Jamison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilfoyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Marienville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Roses
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Iron City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Redclyffe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Sheffield Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Clarington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Newmansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Crown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cooksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fryburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Venus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Helen Furnace
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Arthurs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Pine City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Iron City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Titusville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vrooman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Gresham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spartansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Fauncetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Riceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Millstone
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Russell City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Hallton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- McKinley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Windy City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- James City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Whistletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Erie County
- Corry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Ella
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Schoffner Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Corsica
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Brookville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hazen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Baxter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Kane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coontown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
- Kanesholm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kanesholm is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesholm
- Westline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Pleasantville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- President
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Pithole City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Shamburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Coal Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Plumer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Fertigs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Petroleum Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Colonial Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Hasson Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Rouseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Hermit Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Tidioute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cobham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Henrys Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Hoover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Barnes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Donaldson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Saybrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Sheffield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Clarendon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whig Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Whig Hill.
Cemeteries Near Whig Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whig Hill.
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 Whig Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whig Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Whig Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Economite Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Collins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roses Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Forest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Neilltown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holeman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (115 more) ...
- Concord Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dehner Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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 Whig Hill had a population of 147 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whig Hill, with the one closest to Whig Hill listed first.
- Kellettville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kellettville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellettville
- Starr
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Starr is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
- Mayburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayburg is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayburg
- East Hickory
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Hickory
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Hickory is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hickory
- Guitonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Guitonville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guitonville
- Balltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Trunkeyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Nebraska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nebraska is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Jamison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Golinza
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Golinza is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinza
- Fagundus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Tionesta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newmansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Williams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whig Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whig Hill.
Newspapers Published in Whig Hill ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whig Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whig Hill, 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 Whig Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Whig Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Forest County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Erie 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> | 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 Whig Hill, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whig Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |