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 Yellow Hammer (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 Yellow Hammer. 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.
Yellow Hammer 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 Yellow Hammer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yellow Hammer:
- Forest County (The home county of Yellow Hammer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Trunkeyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Fagundus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Balltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Jamison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilfoyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Redclyffe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Clarington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Newmansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Crown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fryburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Venus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Cooksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Pine City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Arthurs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Iron City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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 Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Titusville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vrooman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Gresham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Spartansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tryonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Riceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Fauncetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Townville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Canadohta Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
- Black Ash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- 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
- Millstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- 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
- McKinley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Hallton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- James City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Corry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Ella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Howe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Munderf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Schoffner Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Corsica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer 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 Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Pleasantville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- President
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Shamburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Plumer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Coal Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- 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
- Hasson Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Rouseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Colonial Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Tidioute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cobham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Hermit Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Henrys Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Enterprise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Barnes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Donaldson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hoover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Saybrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Sheffield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Clarendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Kiantone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Niobe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Busti
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yellow Hammer, see our County-by-County Page for Yellow Hammer.
Cemeteries Near Yellow Hammer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yellow Hammer.
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 Yellow Hammer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yellow Hammer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Whig Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Economite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gorman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Collins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neilltown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Roses Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Forest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (117 more) ...
- Cheney Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Holeman Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Yellow Hammer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yellow Hammer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yellow Hammer, with the one closest to Yellow Hammer listed first.
- Whig Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Whig Hill is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill
- East Hickory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kellettville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kellettville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellettville
- Trunkeyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- West Hickory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Hickory is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hickory
- Starr
(5 miles [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 east)
- Mayburg is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayburg
- Fagundus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Balltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Tidioute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guitonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Guitonville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guitonville
- Cobham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jamison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Nebraska
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nebraska is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Stewart Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stewart Run is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yellow Hammer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yellow Hammer.
Newspapers Published in Yellow Hammer ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yellow Hammer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yellow Hammer, 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 Yellow Hammer.
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 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 Yellow Hammer:
- 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
- Chautauqua 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 Yellow Hammer, 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 from Point A (ie- Yellow Hammer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |