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 Brinker (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 Brinker. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Brinker is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Brinker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brinker:
- Butler County (The home county of Brinker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Herman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Great Belt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- East Butler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meadowood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- Butler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Hills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Saint Joe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Frazier Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Saxonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fenelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dennys Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- McCalmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Culmerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Sligo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Brackenridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Natrona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Russellton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Karns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Gibsonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tarentum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wildwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford Woods
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford Woods is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Shadyside Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Laird Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Worthington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Cowansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walkchalk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Kaylor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Aladdin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Freeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McVille
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- West Ford City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Knob
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Goehring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Wallace City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Barrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Lillyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Economy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Frisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Wurtemburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Ellwood City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Sewickley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Baden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Conway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- East Brady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Bela
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Lawsonham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- West Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Rimersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Foxburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Callensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Alum Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- West Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Saltsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shelocta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Grant City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Ellport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Harlansburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Energy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Altman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- McCaslin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Wampum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Moravia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- New Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- South New Castle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- New Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- North Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Courtneys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Swamproot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Perrys Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Leesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Clintonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nectarine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Barkeyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Emlenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bullion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Saint George
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Bagdad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Arnold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Lower Burrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Kensington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hyde Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Parnassus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- East Vandergrift
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- North Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brinker, see our County-by-County Page for Brinker.
Cemeteries Near Brinker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brinker.
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 Brinker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brinker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gruenwalt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- B'nai Abraham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Butler County Poor Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pape Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- The St. Peters Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter's Parish Family RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46247 <2>
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Side Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Side Cemetery
- The North Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Northside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44515 <2>
- Butler Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brinker had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brinker, with the one closest to Brinker listed first.
- Herman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Great Belt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Jefferson Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Center
- Carbon Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carbon Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
- Butler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saxonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coyleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coyleville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyleville
- Saint Joe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Fenelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- McCalmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
- Renfrew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ribold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ribold is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribold
- Brownsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Glade Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brinker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brinker.
Newspapers Published in Brinker ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brinker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brinker, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brinker.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Brinker:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango 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 Brinker, 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- Brinker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |