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 Elder 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 Elder 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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Elder Hill is located in Garrett County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garrett County: Allegany, Fayette (PA), Somerset (PA), Grant (WV), Mineral (WV) & Preston (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Elder Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elder Hill:
- Garrett County (The home county of Elder Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Friendsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Accident
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McHenry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bittinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grantsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Altamont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hutton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Mountain Lake Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Loch Lynn Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Avilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Barton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barton is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Luke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Luke is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Nikep
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Klondike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Lonaconing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Midland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Midlothian
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Midlothian is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midlothian
- Ocean
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ocean is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean
- Woodland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Woodland is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Borden Shaft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Borden Shaft is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Shaft
- Fayette County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Markleysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elliottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Ohiopyle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Haydentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Hopwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
- Lemont Furnace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Uniontown is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Uniontown
- Evans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evans is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Leith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leith is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
- Mount Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Independence is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Independence
- Greene County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Dilliner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Greensboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Addison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ursina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Listonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Confluence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Draketown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Markleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Salisbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Salisbury is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Boynton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Coal Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Run is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- Casselman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Casselman is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casselman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Summit Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Mills is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Mills
- Meyersdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Bayard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Dobbin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Shaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Windom ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Windom is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Schell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Schell is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Elk Garden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Piedmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Hartmansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Keyser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Cheat Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Canyon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Brookhaven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brookhaven is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Baker Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Morgantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Westover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Hazelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orr is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Lenox
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lenox is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Morgans Glade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Brandonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Bruceton Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clifton Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Little Sandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Terra Alta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albright
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Kingwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elder Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Elder Hill.
Cemeteries Near Elder Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elder 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 Elder Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elder Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Hoyes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Emberson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blooming Rose Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blooming Rose Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Friendsville.
- The Blooming Rose Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blooming Rose Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80787 <3>
- Sang Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sisler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Savage Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Asher Glade Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's English Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webb Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Great Crossings Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Lake Ford UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ford UMC Cemetery
- The Lake Ford UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake Ford Cemetery
- Deep Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Elder Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elder Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elder Hill, with the one closest to Elder Hill listed first.
- Friendsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hoyes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoyes is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyes
- McHenry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selbysport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Selbysport is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selbysport
- Engle Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Engle Mill is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle Mill
- Mineral Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral Spring is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
- Cranesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cranesville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
- Somerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Somerfield is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerfield
- Markleysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Addison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ursina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Cuzzart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cuzzart is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuzzart
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bittinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Listonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Glade Farms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Farms is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Farms
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elder Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elder Hill.
Newspapers Published in Elder 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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elder Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elder Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elder Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Elder Hill:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Garrett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Somerset County
- Grant County
- Mineral County
- Monongalia County
- Preston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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> | 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- Elder Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Elder Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |