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 Carman (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 Carman. 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 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.
Carman is located in Elk 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 Elk County: Cameron, Clearfield, Forest, Jefferson, McKean & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Carman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carman:
- Elk County (The home county of Carman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Horton City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Whistletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Shawmut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Brockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Challenge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Kylers Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Dagus Mines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Johnsonburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
- Millstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Russell City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Cameron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Beechwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beechwood is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Weber City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Weber City is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Cooksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Crown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Day
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Helen Furnace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Waterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Strattanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newmansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Crates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Mechanicsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Wolfs Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Arthurs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Clarion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Treasure Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- DuBois
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tyler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Winterburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winterburn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterburn
- Sandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stanley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Rockton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Helvetia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Luthersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Troutville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Laborde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Grampian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Joy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Clarington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iron City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Marienville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Sheffield Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Redclyffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Gilfoyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Balltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Brockway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Schoffner Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Crenshaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Munderf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Allens Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Warsaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Hazen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Red Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Falls Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pancoast
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Sandy Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Sigel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Kane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coontown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
- Kanesholm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kanesholm is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesholm
- Hutchins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hutchins is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
- Freeman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Mount Jewett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tallyho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tallyho is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
- Westline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clermont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clermont is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Timbuck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Timbuck is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuck
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Henrys Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Donaldson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hoover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Barnes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Roystone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
- Sheffield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saybrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Hermit Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carman, see our County-by-County Page for Carman.
Cemeteries Near Carman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carman.
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 Carman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thayer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Leos Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakmont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Munderf Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Tobias Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brockport Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Rosary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Rosary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Johnsonburg.
- The Holy Rosary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wardvale Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968966 <2>
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Johnsonburg.
- The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Cemetery
- Wardvale Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159321 <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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Carman had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carman, with the one closest to Carman listed first.
- Portland Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Portland Mills is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Arroyo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arroyo is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo
- Schoffner Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Ridgway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Cartwright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cartwright is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Brandy Camp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brandy Camp is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Camp
- Whistletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Munderf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Sugar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Crenshaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Brockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Challenge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Daguscahonda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Daguscahonda is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daguscahonda
- Coal Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coal Glen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Glen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carman.
Newspapers Published in Carman ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carman, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carman.
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 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 Carman:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Elk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cameron County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- McKean County
- Warren 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 Carman, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |