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 Coaltown (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 Coaltown. 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 and 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.
Coaltown is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Columbiana (OH), Mahoning (OH), Beaver, Butler & Mercer.
Below are the counties that are near Coaltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coaltown:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Coaltown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- New Castle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Nashua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Oakland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mahoningtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- South New Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- McCaslin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Wilmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Altman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Allegheny County
- Bradford Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Woods is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Ellwood City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Big Beaver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Frisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Koppel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Galilee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- North Sewickley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Lillyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Homewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Thompson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goehring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Portersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slippery Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Branchton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Forestville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Hallston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Harrisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Harmony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitestown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestown
- Zelienople
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Carbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Millburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- West Middlesex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Wheatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Courtneys Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Clark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grove City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Barkeyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nectarine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Henderson Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Bullion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Clintonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Eakin Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- State Line ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Unity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- East Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Waterford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Columbiana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- East Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Rogers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Washingtonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leetonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Square
- Calcutta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Lowellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Middletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Poland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Struthers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hazelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Boardman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Youngstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Lima
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- East Lewistown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Perkins Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Hubbard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Masury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- West Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Brookfield Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Churchill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Sodom
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Klines Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Paynes Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Paynes Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Corner
- Weldon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Yankee Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hancock County (WV)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coaltown, see our County-by-County Page for Coaltown.
Cemeteries Near Coaltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coaltown.
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 Coaltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coaltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Castle View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of New Castle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1222872 <3>
- Tifereth Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tifereth Israel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tifereth Israel Cemetery is located in New Castle.
- The Tifereth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Temple Israel Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Graceland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of New Castle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #181852 <3>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Briar Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Madonna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The East Brook Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Brook United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Eastbrook Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Eastbrook United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Fayette Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ashton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Savannah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Coaltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coaltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coaltown, with the one closest to Coaltown listed first.
- Grahms
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grahms is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
- West New Castle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- New Castle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eastbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastbrook is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbrook
- Nashua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Mahoningtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Castle Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Castle Junction is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle Junction
- New Wilmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Volant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Mount Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- East Moravia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Robinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coaltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coaltown.
Newspapers Published in Coaltown ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coaltown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coaltown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coaltown.
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 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 Coaltown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning County
- Trumbull 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> | 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- Coaltown) 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 Coaltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |