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 Bakerstown Station (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 Bakerstown Station. 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 Bakerstown Station ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bakerstown Station: Bakerstown Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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.
Bakerstown Station is located in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Bakerstown Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bakerstown Station:
- Allegheny County (The home county of Bakerstown Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- Gibsonia
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wexford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bradford Woods is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Culmerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Allison Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elfinwild
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elfinwild is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfinwild
- Russellton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indianola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,883 people
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- Freeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aladdin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Slate Lick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Leechburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McVille
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Shadyside Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Neale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Worthington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apollo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Ford City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Ford Cliff
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ford Cliff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
- Laird Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- Economy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Knob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Ambridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Conway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Freedom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Aliquippa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Rochester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Monaca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Barrisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- Valencia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Myoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Seven Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Callery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Ogle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Watters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Watters is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watters
- Brownsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Fernway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fernway is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernway
- Evans City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- East Brady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- Ellport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Rose Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Grant City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- New Beaver
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Wampum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Altman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- East Moravia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Harlansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Enon Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- South New Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Mercer County
- North Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- MacDonald
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- MacDonald is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDonald
- McDonald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Candor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Candor is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candor
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McMurray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Finleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gastonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- Ellsworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Cokeburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Canonsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burgettstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- Arnold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Kensington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Lower Burrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bagdad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Weinel Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- West Leechburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Hyde Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vandergrift
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Murrysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbiana County (OH)
- East End
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East End is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Hancock County (WV)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bakerstown Station, see our County-by-County Page for Bakerstown Station.
Cemeteries Near Bakerstown Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bakerstown Station.
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 Bakerstown Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bakerstown Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- McMarlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Poale Zedeck Memorial Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bakerstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holy Savior Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem UMC Cemetery
- The Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Church Cemetery
- Pridgeon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Torath Chaim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek United Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- B'nai Emunoh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (406 more) ...
- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Iwo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hampton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hampton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Allison Park.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45023 <2>
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 Bakerstown Station had a population of 167 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bakerstown Station, with the one closest to Bakerstown Station listed first.
- Gibsonia
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bakerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valencia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Downieville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Downieville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
- Mars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wexford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Talley Cavey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Talley Cavey is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley Cavey
- Myoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Glade Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Ingomar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keown is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keown
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dorseyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorseyville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorseyville
- Culmerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Callery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bakerstown Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bakerstown Station.
Newspapers Published in Bakerstown Station ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bakerstown Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bakerstown Station, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bakerstown Station.
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 Bakerstown Station:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Allegheny County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Columbiana County
- Hancock 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 Bakerstown Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bakerstown Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |