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 Bakers Summit (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 Bakers Summit. 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.
Name Variations for Bakers Summit ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Bakers Summit, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bakers Summit may originally have been Baker's Summit.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bakers Summit might be written as Baker Summit.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Bakers Summit is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Bakers Summit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bakers Summit:
- Bedford County (The home county of Bakers Summit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- King
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- King is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maria is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Waterside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- New Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Loysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Salemville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Salemville is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Osterburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pavia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pavia is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Saxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Clairsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Marble City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marble City is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Yellow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- Claysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Roaring Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Sharpsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Martinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Clover Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Puzzletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Newry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blue Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Duncansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hollidaysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beavertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- Puritan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Bens Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Scarlan Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Portage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Spring Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Beaverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Dunlo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Cresson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Salix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Valley-Hi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Waterfall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Crystal Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Laidig
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Emmaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Clear Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Harrisonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Fort Littleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Sipes Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Knobsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- Middletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Coalmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Entriken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Salter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Broad Top City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Marklesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Cooks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Robertsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Todd
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Coles ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coles was located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Joller ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Joller was located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Hesston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana County
- Rexis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Mifflin County
- Kistler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- Ogletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Windber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Central City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Forward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Buckstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- New Baltimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Benson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blough
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Hollsopple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tire Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hooversville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bakers Summit, see our County-by-County Page for Bakers Summit.
Cemeteries Near Bakers Summit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bakers Summit.
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 Bakers Summit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bakers Summit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- Holsinger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Replogle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kauffman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Noggle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keagy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stonerook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stowberger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nicodemus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shriver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stiefler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bakers Summit had a population of 153 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bakers Summit, with the one closest to Bakers Summit listed first.
- King
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- King is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Claysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ore Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Maria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maria is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Curryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Curryville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Queen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Queen is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Waterside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- East Sharpsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Roaring Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rodman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rodman is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- New Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is also located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Martinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McKee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McKee is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee
- East Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bakers Summit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bakers Summit.
Newspapers Published in Bakers Summit ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bakers Summit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bakers Summit, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bakers Summit.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Bakers Summit:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bakers Summit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bakers Summit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |