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 Adrian (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 Adrian. 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 hospitals and 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.
Adrian is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Adrian. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adrian:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Adrian)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Frenchs Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Gosford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gosford is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
- Cowansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Walkchalk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Kittanning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
- West Kittanning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Kittanning is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kittanning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Wick City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wick City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick City
- Dee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Tidal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Applewold
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Applewold is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Laird Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Sligo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Brackenridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Culmerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Tarentum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Russellton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Springdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indianola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Fenelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Chicora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Karns City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Dennys Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Leasureville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Saint Joe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Petrolia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- North Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Great Belt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Bruin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Phillipston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- East Brady
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Lawsonham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Bela
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Rimersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Toby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- New Bethlehem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Fairmont City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Curllsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Sligo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Beyer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Smicksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Plumville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Shelocta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- West Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Creekside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Davis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Parkwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Ambrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Elkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Georgeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Chambersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Langville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Timblin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Ohl
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Summerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Valier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Baxter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Coolspring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Oliveburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Green Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Punxsutawney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Emlenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Clintonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Nectarine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Bagdad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Hyde Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- East Vandergrift
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Oklahoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Lower Burrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Avonmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Arnold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Kensington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adrian, see our County-by-County Page for Adrian.
Cemeteries Near Adrian ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adrian.
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 Adrian - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adrian covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Croyle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brush Valley Brethren Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wick City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #478503 <2>
- Lawnhaven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kittanning Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cochran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Worthington Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mateer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Eusebius Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Marys 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Adrian had a population of 89 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adrian, with the one closest to Adrian listed first.
- Gosford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gosford is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
- Cowansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walkchalk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Ewing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ewing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Mosgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mosgrove is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosgrove
- Sherrett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherrett is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrett
- Rimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Kittanning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Templeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Worthington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Mahoning
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mahoning is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Tidal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Fosters Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fosters Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Mills
- Craigsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Craigsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adrian. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adrian.
Newspapers Published in Adrian ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adrian.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adrian, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adrian.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Adrian:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Venango County
- Westmoreland 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 Adrian, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adrian) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |