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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 Butler Junction (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 Butler Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Butler Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Butler Junction: Butler Jct. (or less commonly used: Butler Jctn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Butler Junction 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 Butler Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Butler Junction:
- Butler County (The home county of Butler Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- Monroe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Leasureville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Ekastown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Dennys Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Saxonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Great Belt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Herman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Fenelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Brownsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Meadowood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- Sligo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Russellton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Rural Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Springdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indianola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Aladdin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- McVille
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Leechburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Neale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Rosston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- West Ford City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Apollo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Apollo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ford City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ford Cliff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ford Cliff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
- Orchard Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Economy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Ambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Baden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Goehring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Aliquippa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- East Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Freedom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Crestmont Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- East Brady
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Phillipston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Lawsonham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Bela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Rimersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Toby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Leatherwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- New Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Freedom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Fairmont City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- West Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Saltsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- White
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Parkwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Shelocta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Aultman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Willet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Beyer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Creekside
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- Bagdad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- West Leechburg
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Weinel Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Lower Burrell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hyde Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift
(7 miles [11.3 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- New Kensington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- North Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Salina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Butler Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Butler Junction.
Cemeteries Near Butler Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Butler Junction.
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 Butler Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Butler Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Freeport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Freeport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44888 <2>
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brookland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Murphys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Leechburg.
- The Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forks - Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #629382 <2>
- Millerstown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Our Lady of Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- The Prospect Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tarentum Burying Ground
- Tarentum Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45831 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (369 more) ...
- Greenwood Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leechburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Butler Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Butler Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Butler Junction, with the one closest to Butler Junction listed first.
- Garvers Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Garvers Ferry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvers Ferry
- Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sligo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Monroe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Bagdad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Aladdin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Karns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Metcalf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Metcalf is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
- Sandy Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Natrona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Braeburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Braeburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeburn
- Sarver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Sarversville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sarversville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarversville
- Tarentum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brackenridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Butler Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Butler Junction.
Newspapers Published in Butler Junction ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Butler Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Butler Junction, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Butler Junction.
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 Butler Junction:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Indiana 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Butler Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Butler Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |