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 Churchville (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 Churchville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Churchville is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Churchville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Churchville:
- Bedford County (The home county of Churchville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Osterburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Saint Clairsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Salemville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Pleasantville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- New Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- King
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Loysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waterside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Pavia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Yount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yount is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- New Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Cotton Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Claysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blue Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- East Sharpsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Roaring Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Puzzletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Martinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Clover Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Newry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Duncansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hollidaysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Beaverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Dunlo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Puritan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Salix
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Sidman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Bens Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Scarlan Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Oil City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Portage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Saint Michael
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Michael is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Valley-Hi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Akersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Crystal Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Emmaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Waterfall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Laidig
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Sipes Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Harrisonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Pleasant Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Clear Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Dott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dott is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dott
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Coalmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Middletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Dudley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Broad Top City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Entriken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Robertsdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Salter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Cooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Joller ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Todd
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Marklesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Kimmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Indiana County
- Rexis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Ogletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Central City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Windber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Forward
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Paint
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Buckstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Indian Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Lake is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Blough
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Benson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hooversville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Davidsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Churchville, see our County-by-County Page for Churchville.
Cemeteries Near Churchville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Churchville.
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 Churchville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Churchville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fishertown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hetrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Potter Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holsinger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stiefler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Keagy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ritchey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Steele Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Replogle Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hershberger Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Churchville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Churchville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
- Osterburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Saint Clairsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Oppenheimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oppenheimer is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppenheimer
- Spring Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Meadow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
- Fishertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cessna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cessna is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Salemville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Imlertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Imlertown is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlertown
- New Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Lovely
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lovely is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Alum Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Springhope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springhope is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhope
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Belden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belden is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Maria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- King
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Churchville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Churchville.
Newspapers Published in Churchville ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Churchville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Churchville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Churchville.
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 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 Churchville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Somerset 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 Churchville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Churchville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |