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 Andover (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 Andover. 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 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.
Andover is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Allegany (MD), Washington (MD), Bedford, Franklin & Huntingdon.
Below are the counties that are near Andover. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Andover:
- Fulton County (The home county of Andover)
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Harrisonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- McConnellsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sipes Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Laidig
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Websters Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Akersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Knobsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Valley-Hi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Covalt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Covalt is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covalt
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Breezewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Graceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coaldale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Saxton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Everett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Langdondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Robinsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robinsonville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Riddlesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Mount Dallas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Dallas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Dallas
- Marble City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Purcell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Purcell is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Clover Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Martinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beavertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Claysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Shippensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Fort Loudon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cowans Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Cove Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Metal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Dickey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Markes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Markes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markes
- Mercersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Rockdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Saint Thomas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Claylick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Claylick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claylick
- Williamson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williamson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Maddensville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Selea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Selea is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
- Robertsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Broad Top City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Joller ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Three Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Dudley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Kimmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Saltillo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Coalmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Coles ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Little Orleans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flintstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Hancock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Clear Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Big Pool
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson - Conococheague
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson - Conococheague is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson - Conococheague
- Pearre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pearre is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
- Huyett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huyett is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huyett
- Maugansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fountainhead - Orchard Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Meadow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
- Paramount - Long Meadow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paramount - Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount - Long Meadow
- Williamsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Little Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Hedgesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Falling Waters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bedington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bedington is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedington
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Hancock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Sleepy Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Creek is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
- Cherry Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Bath
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Berkeley Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Holton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Holton is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Berryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Berryville is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Woodmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodmont is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
- Orleans Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Doe Gully
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
- Hansrote
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hansrote is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Andover, see our County-by-County Page for Andover.
Cemeteries Near Andover ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Andover.
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 Andover - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Andover covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Wink Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ft. Littleton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Community Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cromwell Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waterfall Methodist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Booth Family Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Waterfall.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Church of God Corners Cemetery
- Lower Path Valley Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maddensville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Walnut Grove Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shore Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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 Andover in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Andover.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Andover, with the one closest to Andover listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Harrisonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Sipes Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Saluvia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saluvia is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saluvia
- McConnellsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Big Cove Tannery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Cove Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove Tannery
- Websters Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Akersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knobsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Hustontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Gapsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gapsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapsville
- Emmaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Covalt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Covalt is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covalt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Andover. See our List of 1890's Communities around Andover.
Newspapers Published in Andover ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Andover.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Andover, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Andover.
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 Andover:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Huntingdon County
- Allegany County
- Washington County
- Berkeley County
- Morgan 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Andover) 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 Andover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |