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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 Blairfour (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 Blairfour. 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.
Blairfour 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 Blairfour. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blairfour:
- Blair County (The home county of Blairfour)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Covedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Point View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Culp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Franklin Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Flowing Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Shellytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Bellwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grazierville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tipton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Royer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Riddlesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- King
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Waterside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Marble City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Saxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Langdondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- New Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Pavia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Yellow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Salemville
(29 miles [46.7 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 Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Lloydville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Buckhorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Dean
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Gallitzin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fallentimber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Ashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Spindley City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Flinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cresson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Marengo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Musser
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Port Matilda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Stormstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Pine Grove Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomsdorf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Scotia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- New Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Glass City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Krumrine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Ginter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Utahville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Osceola Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Houtzdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Brisbin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Hegarty Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Parsonsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Chester Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Blain City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Waterfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Water Street
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Alexandria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McConnellstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Huntingdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Birmingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Hesston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntingdon Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Marklesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Pennington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Donation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Dungarvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Peru Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Perulack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Allensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Kistler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Menno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- McVeytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mattawana
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Kishacoquillas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blairfour, see our County-by-County Page for Blairfour.
Cemeteries Near Blairfour ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blairfour.
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 Blairfour - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blairfour covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Shaffersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schmucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Loop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alexandria Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waterstreet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huyett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Hartslog Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Schucker Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cryder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Old Petersburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Neff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Blairfour in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blairfour.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blairfour, with the one closest to Blairfour listed first.
- Yellow Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring
- Water Street
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Covedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Carlim
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carlim is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlim
- Point View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alexandria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Ganister
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ganister is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganister
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arch Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arch Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch Spring
- Barree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barree is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barree
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Spruce Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Culp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blairfour. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blairfour.
Newspapers Published in Blairfour ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blairfour.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blairfour, 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 Blairfour.
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 Blairfour:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Blair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin 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 Blairfour, 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 from Point A (ie- Blairfour) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |