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Venango County, Pennsylvania

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Balliet, Beatty, Berlin, Bickel and 16 others
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    Clinton John Chamberlain (1855 - 1927)
    Son of Benjamin and his first wife, Eva Surrena Grew up in Red House, NY area. Married Emma Stoddard about 1877 Their children: Grace B. and Minnie May Chamberlain Occupation: Farmer
  • Col John Swayze McCalmont, (USA) (1822 - 1906)
    CIVIL WAR VETERAN Residence: Franklin,Venango Co,PA. Enlistment Age-39. Occupation: Lawyer and Judge. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. Jul 1,1838 to 1842, he gr...
  • Beverly Jean Gorman (1943 - 2022)
    Beverly Jean Gorman, 78, of Franklin formerly of Oil City passed away unexpectedly Wednesday January 26, 2022 at the The Caring Place in Franklin. She was born on July 22, 1943 in Franklin and was the...
  • Bucktooth "Soh-so-wa" Bucktooth (1752 - 1851)
    Seneca Soh-so-wa "Big cap/Large cap" "The original settlement at West Salamanca was named Bucktooth for an Indian who settled there before the Reservation was surveyed in 1798." -Allegany Oxbow by Ch...
  • John H. Exley (1883 - 1924)

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Venango County was created on March 12, 1800. The name "Venango" is derived from the Native American name of the region, Onenge, meaning Otter. This was corrupted in English as the Venango River. The settlement at its mouth was likewise called Venango, and is the site of present-day South Side of Oil City.

Venango County was home to an oil boom in the years following discovery of natural oil (petroleum) in the mid-1850s.

Adjacent Counties

Cities & Boroughs

  • Barkeyville
  • Clintonville
  • Cooperstown
  • Emlenton (part)
  • Franklin (County Seat)
  • Oil City
  • Pleasantville
  • Polk
  • Rouseville
  • Sugarcreek
  • Utica

Townships & Communities

Allegheny | Bredinsburg | Canal | Cherrytree | Clinton | Cornplanter | Cranberry | Dempseytown | Fertigs | French Creek | Hannasville | Hasson Heights | Irwin | Jackson | Kennerdell | Mineral | Oakland | Oil Creek | Petroleum Center | Pinegrove | Plum | President | Raymilton | Rockland | Sandycreek | Scrubgrass | Seneca | Siverly | Venus | Victory | Woodland Heights

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