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 Amesville (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 Amesville. 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 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.
Amesville is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Amesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Amesville:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Amesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Houtzdale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brisbin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Belsena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Ramey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Parsonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Sanborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Ashland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ginter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Hegarty Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Glen Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Osceola Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Utahville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Blain City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Tyrone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tipton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Bellwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Culp
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Altoona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Point View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Canan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Flowing Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Springfield Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Flinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lloydville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Fallentimber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Thomas Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Patton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Chest Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hastings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Barnesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- New Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Glass City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Philipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Casanova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Port Matilda
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Stormstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Musser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Scotia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Julian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elk County
- Scattertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Pennington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Birmingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Dungarvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Huntingdon Furnace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Water Street
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Alexandria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Donation
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- McConnellstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Urey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Hooverhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Cherry Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Uniontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Hillsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Johnsonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Alverda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Cookport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Purchase Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Rossiter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Commodore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Sykesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Prescottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Falls Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Wishaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Punxsutawney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Amesville, see our County-by-County Page for Amesville.
Cemeteries Near Amesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amesville.
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 Amesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Amesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Barbara Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Alexander Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baughman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weld Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Criswell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Centre UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre UMC Cemetery
- The Centre UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centre Cemetery
- Centre United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44557 <2>
- Goss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Amesville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Amesville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Amesville, with the one closest to Amesville listed first.
- Houtzdale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kendrick
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kendrick is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Madera
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Banian Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Banian Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banian Junction
- Smoke Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smoke Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Run
- Ramey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Brisbin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Belsena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Morann
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morann is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morann
- Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sterling is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Goss Run Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goss Run Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Run Junction
- Hegarty Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Jeffries
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jeffries is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffries
- Glen Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Utahville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Amesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Amesville.
Newspapers Published in Amesville ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Amesville, 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 Amesville.
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 Amesville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Elk County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 Amesville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |