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 Cameron (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 Cameron. 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 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.
Cameron is located in Union 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 Union County: Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near Cameron. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cameron:
- Union County (The home county of Cameron)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Mazeppa
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Lewisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Linntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- New Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Red Bank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Mifflinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Millmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Livonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Woodward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Fiedler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Rebersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Aaronsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ingleby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Coburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millheim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Madisonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Madisonburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Zerby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Rauchtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Loganton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greenburr
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Avis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- McElhattan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Youngdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
- Tylersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Rote
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Castanea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Salona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Cedar Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Flemington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flemington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Jerseytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Grovania
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Buckhorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Eyers Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Mordansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Iola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Millville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Catawissa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fernville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Rupert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Bloomsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welliversville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welliversville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welliversville
- Greenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Pillow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Paxton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Berrysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Erdman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Gratz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rife
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rife is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife
- Elizabethville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loyalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Richfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Knousetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Seven Stars
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Swales
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- McAlisterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Maple Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Collomsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Duboistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Duboistown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duboistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- South Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Williamsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Muncy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Faxon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Faxon is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Garden View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garden View is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Grimesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grimesville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesville
- Antes Fort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Antes Fort is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antes Fort
- Linden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Mooresburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Potts Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Watsontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dewart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McEwensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Northumberland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction
- Turbotville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keefers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Asherton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Asherton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton
- Mile Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mile Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run
- Augustaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Augustaville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Pfoutz Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley
- Liverpool
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Reward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Millerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Klingerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rough and Ready
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Pitman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Kratzerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Penns Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Globe Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Kreamer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shamokin Dam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hummels Wharf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Middleburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Selinsgrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Hunter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Freeburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Paxtonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Troxelville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Mount Pleasant Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cameron, see our County-by-County Page for Cameron.
Cemeteries Near Cameron ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cameron.
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 Cameron - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cameron covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Sierer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Sierer Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sierer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Mazeppa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143727 <3>
- Stoltzfus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Luntz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Deer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Long Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Berlin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Guier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Grandview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Cameron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cameron.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cameron, with the one closest to Cameron listed first.
- Buffalo Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buffalo Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Crossroads
- Mazeppa
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Cowan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Vicksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lochiel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lochiel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
- Kelly Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Point
- Forest Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- New Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rand is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Chillisquaque
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chillisquaque is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillisquaque
- Montandon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cameron. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cameron.
Newspapers Published in Cameron ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cameron.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cameron, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cameron.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Cameron:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Juniata County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cameron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Cameron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |