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 Boltz (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 Boltz. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Boltz is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Boltz. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boltz:
- Indiana County (The home county of Boltz)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Armagh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dilltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wehrum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Rexis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Heshbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Littletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Robinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Suncliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Nolo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Coral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graceton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Josephine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Olivet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Elderton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edmon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Spring Church
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Barnards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Blanco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- North Apollo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rural Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Orchard Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Pavia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Pleasantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- New Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- King
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Osterburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Blue Knob
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Cotton Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Newry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Canan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Claysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Wilmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vintondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Cambria City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Vinco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Brownstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Conemaugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Conemaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Westmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Mundys Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mundys Corner is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundys Corner
- Conemaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- Daisytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daisytown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Sylvis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Burnside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Fayette County
- Champion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Tire Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Paint
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Benson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Windber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Jenners Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Jennerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Laurel Mountain Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hooversville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Seward
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Laughlintown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
- Ligonier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Derry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Derry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
- Livermore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- New Derry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boltz, see our County-by-County Page for Boltz.
Cemeteries Near Boltz ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boltz.
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 Boltz - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boltz covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Armagh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Conrad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Legat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Benshoff Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hungarian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Casmirs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- St. Rochus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Rochus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Rochus Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Johnstown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46252 <3>
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculate Conception Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immaculate Conception Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Johnstown.
- The Immaculate Conception Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46157 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Boltz in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boltz.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boltz, with the one closest to Boltz listed first.
- Cramer
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cramer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
- Seward
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Armagh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dilltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Florence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Lockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lockport is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Heshbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Lilly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vinco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bolivar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Conemaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boltz. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boltz.
Newspapers Published in Boltz ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boltz.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boltz, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boltz.
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 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 Boltz:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Clearfield County
- Fayette County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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> | 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- Boltz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Boltz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |