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 Althom (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 Althom. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Althom is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Cattaraugus (NY), Chautauqua (NY), Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Althom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Althom:
- Warren County (The home county of Althom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Cobham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Irvine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Youngsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pittsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tidioute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Hermit Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Clarendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stoneham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stoneham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- East Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
- Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Newmansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Crown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fryburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Venus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Cooksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Vrooman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Spartansburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Titusville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hydetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Gresham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Riceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Tryonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Canadohta Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
- Lincolnville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Rootville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rootville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
- Fauncetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Townville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Windy City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Russell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- James City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McKinley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Millstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Corry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Beaver Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Union City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Fagundus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Balltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Jamison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Iron City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Tionesta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roses
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Gilfoyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Redclyffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Clarington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Kane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westline
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Tallyho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tallyho is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Pleasantville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pithole City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Shamburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Plumer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- President
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Petroleum Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Rouseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Coal Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hasson Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Colonial Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Oil City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cattaraugus County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Onoville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Onoville is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoville
- Elko ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Elko has also been known as:
- Wolf Run
- Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
- Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
- Tunesassa
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Busti
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Kiantone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kiantone is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiantone
- Niobe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frewsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Celoron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lakewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ivory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ivory is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Panama
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Falconer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
- Greenhurst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Althom, see our County-by-County Page for Althom.
Cemeteries Near Althom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Althom.
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 Althom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Althom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Economite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitestown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weiler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Weiler Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of North Warren.
- The Weiler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Yankee Bush Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142104 <3>
- Mead Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gorman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irvine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (137 more) ...
- Chandlers Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fagundas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Naultby Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Althom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Althom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Althom, with the one closest to Althom listed first.
- Cobham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Irvine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pittsfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Youngsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tidioute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Torpedo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Torpedo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
- Cherry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Matthews Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Matthews Run is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Run
- Fagundus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Clarendon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stoneham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stoneham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Glade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glade is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- East Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Warren is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Althom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Althom.
Newspapers Published in Althom ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Althom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Althom, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Althom.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Althom:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- McKean County
- Venango County
- Cattaraugus 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Althom) 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 Althom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |