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 Berwinsdale (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 Berwinsdale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Berwinsdale is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Berwinsdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berwinsdale:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Berwinsdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Mayes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Thompsontown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Gazzam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gazzam is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazzam
- McPherron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Irvona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Glen Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Cherry Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Blain City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebud
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- New Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Bower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Highland Fling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tipton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone Forge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Altoona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Culp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Canan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Frankstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Flinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fallentimber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Hastings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Lloydville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Barnesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Garmantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Northern Cambria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- Saint Benedict
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- West Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Carrolltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- New Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Glass City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Philipsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Casanova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Port Matilda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Stormstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Elk County
- Scattertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Pennington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Dungarvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Huntingdon Furnace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Water Street
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Urey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Hooverhurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Cherry Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Uniontown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Johnsonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Alverda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Cookport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Grisemore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Purchase Line
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Rossiter
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Commodore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Winslow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Sykesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Albion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prescottville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Wishaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Panic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Falls Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Reynoldsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Oliveburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Red Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Berwinsdale, see our County-by-County Page for Berwinsdale.
Cemeteries Near Berwinsdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berwinsdale.
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 Berwinsdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berwinsdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Basil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- LaJose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spangle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shelton Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weld Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Crossroads Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Snyder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Berwinsdale had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berwinsdale, with the one closest to Berwinsdale listed first.
- Mayes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Ansonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ansonville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- McPherron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Irvona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marron
- Gazzam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gazzam is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazzam
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Newburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Coalport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebud
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Blain City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Glen Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- New Millport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Millport is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Millport
- Kerrmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kerrmoor is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrmoor
- New Washington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Berwinsdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berwinsdale.
Newspapers Published in Berwinsdale ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Berwinsdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berwinsdale, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Berwinsdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Berwinsdale:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Elk County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson 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 Berwinsdale, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berwinsdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |