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 Brick Church (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 Brick Church. 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 and hospitals 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.
Brick Church is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Brick Church. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brick Church:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Brick Church)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- Cochrans Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Whitesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Elderton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Neale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Ford Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Cliff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
- Lenape Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lenape Heights is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenape Heights
- Rosston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Dog Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Ford City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- North Apollo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- Sligo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tarentum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Plum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Springdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Leechburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- New Texas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Culmerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- Leasureville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Dennys Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Ekastown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Fenelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saxonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Great Belt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Herman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Saint Joe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Chicora
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- East Butler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- East Brady
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Phillipston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- New Bethlehem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Catfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Fairmont City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hawthorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Rimersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bela
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Piolett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Brinkerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Toby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- West Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Shelocta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Saltsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Willet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Aultman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Creekside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Shado-Wood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
- White
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Chambersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Beyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- Valier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Langville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Timblin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Worthville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Pansy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Oliveburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Punxsutawney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- East Vandergrift
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Hyde Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vandergrift
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- West Leechburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Avonmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Bagdad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Salina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Lower Burrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Slickville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Slickville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickville
- Livermore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brick Church, see our County-by-County Page for Brick Church.
Cemeteries Near Brick Church ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brick Church.
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 Brick Church - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brick Church covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- Shaeffer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McDonalds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shotts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Porter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shellhammer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shellhammer - Beck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Highfield Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boiling Springs Presbyterian Cemetery
- Spring Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1985924 <2>
- Spring Church Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Church Joint Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Ford City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ukrainian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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, Brick Church had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brick Church, with the one closest to Brick Church listed first.
- Cochrans Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Top
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Top is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top
- Girty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Girty is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girty
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Dime
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dime is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dime
- Whitesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Spring Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Plain is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Plain
- Elderton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blanket Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blanket Hill is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
- Neale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- South Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Rosston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Olivet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Manorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brick Church. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brick Church.
Newspapers Published in Brick Church ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brick Church.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brick Church, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brick Church.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Brick Church:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson 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> | 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 Brick Church, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brick Church) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |