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 C and M 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 C and M 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 C and M 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for C and M Junction: C and M Jct. (or less commonly used: C and M 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 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.
C and M Junction is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near C and M Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to C and M Junction:
- Clearfield County (The home county of C and M Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Sandy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- DuBois
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Helvetia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Luthersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Troutville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rockton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Treasure Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Laborde
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Winterburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winterburn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterburn
- Grampian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Curry Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- McWilliams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Dayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eddyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Millville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Barnards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Putneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- South Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Barnesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Garmantown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Hastings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northern Cambria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- Thomas Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- West Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Spangler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Fallentimber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Philipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Philipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Crates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Day
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Hawthorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Cooksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmont City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Mechanicsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- New Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Strattanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Brockport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Challenge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Horton City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Scattertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Kylers Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Byrnedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dagus Mines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Lake City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Caledonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Ridgway
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hallton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Clarington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redclyffe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Johnsonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Rossiter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Urey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Glen Campbell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hooverhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Marchand
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Rochester Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Trade City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Hillsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Mottarns Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Georgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Falls Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Sykesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Prescottville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Reynoldsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Wishaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Panic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Crenshaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Allens Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Fuller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to C and M Junction, see our County-by-County Page for C and M Junction.
Cemeteries Near C and M Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of C and M 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 C and M Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for C and M Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem UMC Cemetery
- The Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Salem Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46287 <2>
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rumbarger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morningside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Soldier Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaffer Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (159 more) ...
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dressler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Reynoldsville.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1111986 <2>
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>
While we didn't find C and M Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of C and M Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from C and M Junction, with the one closest to C and M Junction listed first.
- Stanley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Helvetia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Luthersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- DuBois
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sykesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Troutville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Falls Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Narrows Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Narrows Creek is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
- Pancoast
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Rathmel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rathmel is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathmel
- Rockton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Prescottville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cramer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cramer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
- Harveys Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harveys Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Run
- Sabula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sabula is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabula
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around C and M Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around C and M Junction.
Newspapers Published in C and M 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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around C and M Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of C and M Junction, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for C and M Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 C and M Junction:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clarion County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 C and M Junction, 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' (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- C and M Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |