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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cokeville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cokeville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cokeville, please Contact Us.
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 Cokeville (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 Cokeville. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Cokeville is historic, it would have been located within present day Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Cokeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cokeville:
- Westmoreland County (The home county of Cokeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Burrell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Bolivar
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Livermore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- New Derry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Derry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- West Fairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- New Alexandria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Latrobe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McChesneytown - Loyalhanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beatty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beatty is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Crabtree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- New Texas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(26 miles [41.8 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 <2>
- Karns
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Sligo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Garden City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Leechburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Pitcairn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Unity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Wall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wall is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Brackenridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monroeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Edmon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Olivet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Spring Church
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Elderton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Apollo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Apollo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Leechburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Blanco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Wilmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brownstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cambria City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Westmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Johnstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Vintondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Elim
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elim is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
- Southmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Southmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Conemaugh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- Daisytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Daisytown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Ferndale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Laurelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Bear Rocks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Champion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Seven Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Indian Head
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Everson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Blairsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Black Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Josephine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Palmertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Bow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Coral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graceton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Jacksonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Smathers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Heshbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Homer City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- White
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Laurel Mountain Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jennerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Tire Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Roytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roytown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
- Benson
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners
- Sipesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sipesville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipesville
- Blough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cokeville, see our County-by-County Page for Cokeville.
Cemeteries Near Cokeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cokeville.
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 Cokeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cokeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Blairsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coral Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kunkle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smathers Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Conemaugh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McIntire Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Craig Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Legat Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
Cokeville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 664 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cokeville, with the one closest to Cokeville listed first.
- Blairsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Burrell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Grays
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grays is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
- Smith
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Snyder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillside is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Millwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- New Derry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Livermore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Bow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Lockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lockport is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Graceton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Tunnelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tunnelton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Loyalhanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalhanna is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalhanna
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cokeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cokeville.
Newspapers Published in Cokeville ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cokeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cokeville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cokeville.
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 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 Cokeville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Westmoreland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Cambria County
- Fayette County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cokeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Cokeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |