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 Castle Rocks (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 Castle Rocks. 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 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.
Castle Rocks is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Castle Rocks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Castle Rocks:
- Clinton County (The home county of Castle Rocks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Rauchtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Loganton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Avis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McElhattan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Youngdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
- Greenburr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Dunnstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Rote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Castanea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Swissdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swissdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissdale
- Lock Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Salona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Livonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Wolfs Store
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Rebersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fiedler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Aaronsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Millheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blanchard is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Coburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Jacksonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Richfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Swales
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Antes Fort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Antes Fort is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antes Fort
- Collomsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Jersey Shore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hughesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Salladasburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Salladasburg is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salladasburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Ramsey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Duboistown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duboistown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duboistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Grimesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grimesville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesville
- Newberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Garden View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden View is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Maple Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Exchange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Mooresburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Dewart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Watsontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- McEwensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Potts Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Turbotville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Northumberland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction
- Asherton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Asherton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Penns Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Troxelville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Benfer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Middle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Middleburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beavertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Paxtonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Coon Hunter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Globe Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Kratzerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Kreamer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Red Bank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Hartleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Laurelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Laurelton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
- Millmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mazeppa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Glen Iron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glen Iron is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
- Pardee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Mifflinburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cherry Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- New Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Castle Rocks, see our County-by-County Page for Castle Rocks.
Cemeteries Near Castle Rocks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castle Rocks.
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 Castle Rocks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Castle Rocks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Limestone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Price Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Jersey Shore.
- The Pine Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Davidson Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45774 <3>
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ft. Antes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jersey Shore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Schracktown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rest Haven Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnstown UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (124 more) ...
- Disciples Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's UMC Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Castle Rocks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Castle Rocks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Castle Rocks, with the one closest to Castle Rocks listed first.
- Rauchtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Carroll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Oriole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oriole is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Oval
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oval is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval
- Collomsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Nippono Park ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nippono Park is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nippono Park
- Antes Fort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Antes Fort is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antes Fort
- Jersey Shore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bastress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bastress is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastress
- Level Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Level Corner is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Corner
- McElhattan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Booneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Booneville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Greenburr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Livonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Larrys Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Larrys Creek is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrys Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Castle Rocks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Castle Rocks.
Newspapers Published in Castle Rocks ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Castle Rocks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Castle Rocks, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Castle Rocks.
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 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 Castle Rocks:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Centre County
- Juniata County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Snyder County
- Union 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Castle Rocks) 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 Castle Rocks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |