Clarion County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Clarion County Courthouse Main Street Clarion, PA 16214 Phone: 814-226-4000

Parent Counties
11 March 1839: Clarion County was created from Venango and Armstrong Counties.

==== Boundary Changes ====


 * Before 1795: The area of future Clarion County was part of Northumberland County.
 * 13 April 1795: When Lycoming County was created from Northumberland County, future Clarion County went with Lycoming County.
 * 12 March 1800: When Venango and Armstrong Counties were formed from Lycoming County, about 1/3 of Clarion County went with Venango County and 2/3 went with Armstrong County.

Neighboring Counties
Armstrong | Butler | Forest | Jefferson | Venango

Cemeteries
See http://eccles-lesher.org The Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library is a small hometown library located in the rural community of Rimersburg, PA. Their library web site includes a burial database with a wealth of cemetery and burial records for Clarion county. They are indexed and include a search feature. Search by First, last name, deceased before or after___, birthdate, birthplace, place of death, age, year, undertaker, cemetery, cause of death, survivors... Rich info source... often gives parents names, spouse name, sometimes even marriage info."A Wealth of Information at Your Fingertips" is their motto.

Maps

 * Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from Caldwell's 1877 Illustrated Historical Combination Atlas of Clarion County

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Clarion County
 * USGenWeb project
 * Family History Library Catalog