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 Coal Run (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 Coal Run. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Coal Run is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Coal Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coal Run:
- Indiana County (The home county of Coal Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Aultman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Jacksonville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Saltsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smathers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Parkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- West Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Clarksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shelocta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shado-Wood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
- Ben Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ben Avon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Avon
- Black Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Sligo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leechburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- New Texas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Tarentum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Unity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Cheswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Garden City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Olivet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Elderton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edmon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Spring Church
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cochrans Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Orchard Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Atwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Whitesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- North Apollo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Apollo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blanco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Monroe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Leasureville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Ekastown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Saxonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Vintondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- White Mill Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Wilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belsano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Twin Rocks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cardiff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Nanty Glo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brownstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Lilly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Westmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Conemaugh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- Clarion County
- New Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- Laurelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Jefferson County
- Valier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Laurel Mountain Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Tire Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jennerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Benson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Livermore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Burrell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Avonmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nihil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nihil is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nihil
- Slickville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slickville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickville
- New Derry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Derry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Derry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
- Congruity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Congruity is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congruity
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coal Run, see our County-by-County Page for Coal Run.
Cemeteries Near Coal Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coal Run.
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 Coal Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coal Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- McIntire Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kunkle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smathers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Conemaugh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coral Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coral Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Coral.
- The Coral Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutheran Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129169 <2>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (263 more) ...
- Oakland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maysville Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Coal Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coal Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coal Run, with the one closest to Coal Run listed first.
- Crete
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crete is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Saltsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smathers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Parkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Elders Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elders Ridge is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders Ridge
- Livermore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Shelocta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Two Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Two Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Lick
- South Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- Olivet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Nowrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nowrytown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowrytown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Snyder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Snyder is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Graceton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coal Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coal Run.
Newspapers Published in Coal Run ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coal Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coal Run, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coal Run.
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 helpful 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 Coal Run:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Fayette County
- Jefferson County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coal Run) 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 Coal Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |