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 Beavertown (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 Beavertown. 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 southeast 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 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.
Beavertown is located in Blair 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 Blair County: Bedford, Cambria, Centre & Huntingdon.
Below are the counties that are near Beavertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beavertown:
- Blair County (The home county of Beavertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Shellytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Oreminea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Royer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Clover Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Williamsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Franklin Forge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frankstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- East Sharpsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Covedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Maria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Riddlesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- King
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Waterside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Marble City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Woodbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Langdondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Saxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Loysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Enterprise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Yellow Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Salemville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Buckhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Tunnelhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Gallitzin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Cresson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sankertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Amsbry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Ashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bens Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Scarlan Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Dysart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Oil City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Marengo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Musser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Sandy Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Ginter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
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- Utahville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Lyleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Ramey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Blain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Rosebud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Cowans Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Waterfall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Clear Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Laidig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Fort Littleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Burnt Cabins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Harrisonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Crystal Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- 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 Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Marklesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Entriken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hesston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- McConnellstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Colfax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Coalmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Dudley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Todd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Broad Top City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Cassville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Peru Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Kistler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Allensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Menno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Somerset County
- Ogletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beavertown, see our County-by-County Page for Beavertown.
Cemeteries Near Beavertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beavertown.
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 Beavertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beavertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- David Beck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clapper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dilling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rebecca Furnace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brumbaugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Entriken Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shultz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bosler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paul Cemetery
- Smithfield Cemetery
- Detwiler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Brumbaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Russellville Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Beavertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beavertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beavertown, with the one closest to Beavertown listed first.
- Entriken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Royer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Aitch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Aitch is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aitch
- Clover Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Reese
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reese is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Wertz
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wertz is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertz
- Martinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Sharpsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Canoe Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Canoe Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Creek
- Flowing Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Franklin Forge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Ganister
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ganister is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganister
- Springfield Junction
(7 miles [11.3 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 Beavertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beavertown.
Newspapers Published in Beavertown ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beavertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beavertown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beavertown.
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 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 Beavertown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Blair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Beavertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beavertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |