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 Battle Hollow (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 Battle Hollow. 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 Battle Hollow ...
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 Battle Hollow: Battle Holw. (or less commonly used: Battle Hlw. or Battle Hllw.)
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Battle Hollow is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest & Indiana.
Below are the counties that are near Battle Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Battle Hollow:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Battle Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Oliveburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Panic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Punxsutawney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Albion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Wishaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Coolspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Valier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Timblin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Worthville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Reynoldsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- McWilliams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Dayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eddyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Millville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Barnards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Putneyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- South Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Bryan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Muff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Echo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Rural Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Atwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Garmantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Hastings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Nicktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Saint Benedict
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Thomas Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Elmora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Hawthorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Fairmont City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Day
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Frogtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Waterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Brinkerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Mechanicsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Leatherwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Strattanville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Reidsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Helvetia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Stanley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Troutville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Sandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Luthersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- DuBois
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mahaffey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laborde
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Burnside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Curry Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Rockton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Treasure Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Bower
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Brockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Millstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Horton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Challenge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Hallton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Kylers Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Scattertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Clarington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Rossiter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trade City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Marchand
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Johnsonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Mottarns Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Rochester Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Georgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Elkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Urey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Smicksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Campbell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooverhurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Battle Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Battle Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Battle Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Battle Hollow.
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 Battle Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Battle Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Anita Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Perry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Punxsutawney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966411 <2>
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgemont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coolspring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Knoxdale Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- McClure Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lakelawn Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Battle Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Battle Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Battle Hollow, with the one closest to Battle Hollow listed first.
- Oliveburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Anita
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Anita is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Walston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walston
- Adrian Mines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian Mines is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian Mines
- Frostburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Panic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Punxsutawney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Knox Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Knox Dale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Dale
- Horatio
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Horatio is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
- Bells Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Mills
- Coolspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Big Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Fuller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Timblin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Battle Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Battle Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Battle Hollow ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Battle Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Battle Hollow, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Battle Hollow.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Battle Hollow:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana 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 Battle Hollow, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Battle Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |