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 Center Union (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 Center Union. 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 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.
Center Union is located in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near Center Union. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Center Union:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Center Union)
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Donation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Huntingdon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Neffs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McConnellstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Ennisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Birdville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Water Street
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Seven Stars
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Mapleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Riddlesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Saxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Covedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Shellytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Culp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Point View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Flowing Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Grazierville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tyrone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Lloydville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Buckhorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Dean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Ashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fallentimber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gallitzin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Ramblewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Marengo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Musser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Pine Grove Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Stormstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Krumrine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Park Forest Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Port Matilda
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boalsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Ginter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Osceola Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Brisbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Houtzdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Ramey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Utahville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Fulton County
- Waterfall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Peru Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Perulack
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- East Rutherford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Doyles Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Mifflin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Old Port
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Menno
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- McVeytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Mattawana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Kistler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Belleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Kishacoquillas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Juniata Terrace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- New Germantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Cisna Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Center Union, see our County-by-County Page for Center Union.
Cemeteries Near Center Union ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Center Union.
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 Center Union - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Center Union covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Gorsuch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stewart Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Agudath Achim Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evans Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mateer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Donation Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (319 more) ...
- Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Petersburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Center Union in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Center Union.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Center Union, with the one closest to Center Union listed first.
- Donation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Huntingdon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cottage is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Ardenheim
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ardenheim is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardenheim
- Manor Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Manor Hill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mooresville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Neffs Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Airydale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Airydale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airydale
- Saulsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saulsburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsburg
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McConnellstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Masseyburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Masseyburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Center Union. See our List of 1890's Communities around Center Union.
Newspapers Published in Center Union ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Center Union.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Center Union, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Center Union.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Center Union:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry 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> | 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 Center Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Center Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |