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 Brant Hill (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 Brant Hill. 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.
Brant Hill is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Fayette, Washington, Marshall (WV), Monongalia (WV) & Wetzel (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Brant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brant Hill:
- Greene County (The home county of Brant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Gump
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gump is located in Greene County
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- Spraggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spraggs is located in Greene County
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- Kirby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kirby is located in Greene County
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- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogersville is located in Greene County
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- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bluff is located in Greene County
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- Morrisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morrisville is located in Greene County
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- Waynesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holbrook is located in Greene County
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- Fordyce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
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- Jollytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jollytown is located in Greene County
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- Ashtree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ashtree is located in Greene County
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- Lippincott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
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- Mount Morris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Fairchance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Fayette County
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- Fayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
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- New Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County
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- Winstead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County
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- East Millsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
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- Adah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
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- Masontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Arensburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arensburg is located in Fayette County
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- Isabella
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Isabella is located in Fayette County
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- Point Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Heistersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
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- La Belle
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- La Belle is located in Fayette County
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- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Bissell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
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- Ten Mile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Marianna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Amity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amity
- Beallsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sparta is located in Washington County
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- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCracken
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McCracken is located in Washington County
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- Lone Pine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
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- Deemston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Gibsonton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
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- North Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont County (OH)
- Shadyside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harrison County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Harrison County (WV)
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- Wyatt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wyatt is located in Harrison County (WV)
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- Alliance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alliance is located in Harrison County (WV)
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- Shinnston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Haywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Haywood is located in Harrison County (WV)
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- Jimtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Harrison County (WV)
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- Marion County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Hoodsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Grant Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Pleasant View
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County (WV)
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- Metz
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Metz is located in Marion County (WV)
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- Rivesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Katy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Katy is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Mannington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Barrackville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Mount Harmony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Fairmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Village is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Rocklick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Calis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calis is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Bannen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bannen is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannen
- Loudenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Loudenville is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudenville
- Kausooth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kausooth is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Dallas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Adaline
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Adaline is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Glen Easton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Knoxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Limestone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Limestone is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Rosbys Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rosbys Rock is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Sherrard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sherrard is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Blacksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Wana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Miracle Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Miracle Run is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Maple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maple is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Wadestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wadestown is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Bowlby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Cassville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Saint Cloud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Cloud is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Hagans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hagans is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Maidsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Osage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Granville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Ohio County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Point Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Point Mills is located in Ohio County (WV)
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- Triadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potomac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,298 people
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Ohio County (WV)
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- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Ohio County (WV)
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- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Masontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Reedsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Arthurdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wetzel County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Round Bottom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Hundred
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Anthem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anthem is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
- Kodol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kodol is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodol
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Barker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barker is located in Wetzel County (WV)
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- Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallen Timber
- Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bane is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bane
- Bebee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bebee is located in Wetzel County (WV)
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- Pine Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Brant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Brant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brant Hill.
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 Brant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Claughton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Church Cemetery
- The Phillips Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Phillips Cemetery
- Phillips New Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lemley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strosnider Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Headley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Rogersville.
- Fordyce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (569 more) ...
- Pine Bank Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freeland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lantz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Brant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brant Hill, with the one closest to Brant Hill listed first.
- Gump
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gump is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gump
- Spraggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spraggs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraggs
- Oak Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Forest is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Kirby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kirby is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Brock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bluff is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Buzz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buzz is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzz
- Pine Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Bank is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bank
- Brave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brave is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brave
- Blacksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Waynesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Holbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holbrook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Woodruff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodruff is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Bula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bula is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bula
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Brant Hill ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brant Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brant Hill.
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 helpful 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 Brant Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Belmont County
- Harrison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Ohio County
- Preston County
- Wetzel 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 Brant Hill, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |