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 City View (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 City View. 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.
Name Variations for City View ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Cityview.
- A typical abbreviation for City View: City Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named City View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for City View.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
City View is located in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near City View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to City View:
- Allegheny County (The home county of City View)
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Millvale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woods Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woods Run is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Cherry City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry City
- Pittsburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Soho
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Soho is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soho
- Morningside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Morningside is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
- Etna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,506 people
- Bellevue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allentown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Allentown is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- McKees Rocks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Freeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Leechburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Apollo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Apollo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orchard Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Edmon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- McVille
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Slate Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Spring Church
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Neale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Shadyside Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Ambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Economy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Gringo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gringo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
- Aliquippa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestmont Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
- New Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Sheffield is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sheffield
- Wallace City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Conway
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Knob
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Freedom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Valencia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Mars
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fox Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Ogle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Fernway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fernway is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernway
- Glade Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Myoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Callery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Watters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Watters is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watters
- Brownsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Ekastown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lynnwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
- Arnold City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Fairhope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairhope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
- Brownstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brownstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Fayette City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Banning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Newell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Whitsett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitsett is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
- Chamouni
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Kenneth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kenneth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Fuller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Indiana County
- White
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Lawrence County
- Ellport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Thompsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- McMurray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- MacDonald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- MacDonald is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDonald
- McDonald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Finleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gastonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canonsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Candor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Candor is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candor
- Gilkeson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilkeson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkeson
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- New Kensington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parnassus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Arnold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trafford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Murrysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lower Burrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Larimer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Larimer is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimer
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Shaner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Irwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <1>
- North Irwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Shafton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shafton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafton
- Columbiana County (OH)
- East End
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East End is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Fairhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- New Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to City View, see our County-by-County Page for City View.
Cemeteries Near City View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of City View.
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 City View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for City View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ridgelawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Uniondale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Dale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Dale Cemetery
- The Union Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hilldale Cemetery
- Mt. Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46547 <2>
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Highwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Our Redeemer Northside Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Our Redeemer Northside Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Christ Our Redeemer Northside Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Pittsburgh.
- The Christ Our Redeemer Northside Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery
- Christ Our Redeemer Cemetery
- North Side Cemetery
- Northside Catholic Cemetery
- Northside Cemetery
- St. Philomena Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45627 <2>
- United Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United Cemetery
- The United Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosemont United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46549 <2>
- Continue List (426 more) ...
- Minersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville Cemetery
- The Minersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Minersville Missouri Synod Cemetery
- Minersville Lutheran Synod Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1725217 <2>
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Allegheny Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 City View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of City View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from City View, with the one closest to City View listed first.
- Woods Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woods Run is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run
- Allegheny ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Allegheny is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Pittsburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Soho
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Soho is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soho
- Lawrenceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- West End
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West End is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Mount Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Washington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Arlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Morningside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Morningside is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside
- West View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Etna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,506 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bellevue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKees Rocks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chartiers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chartiers is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around City View. See our List of 1890's Communities around City View.
Newspapers Published in City View ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around City View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of City View, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for City View.
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 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 City View:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Allegheny County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Fayette County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Columbiana County
- Hancock 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> | 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- City View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 City View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |