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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 Coleville (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 Coleville. 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 southwest 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 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.

Coleville is located in Centre 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 Centre County: Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin & Union.

Below are the counties that are near Coleville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coleville:

  • Centre County     (The home county of Coleville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Bellefonte
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Wingate
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Wingate is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
    • Central City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Central City is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Milesburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Axemann
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Axemann is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
    • Pleasant Gap
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Unionville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Zion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Zion is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Curtin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Curtin is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtin
    • Houserville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Houserville is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
    • Lemont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Centre Hall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Blair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Tyrone Forge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
    • Tyrone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grazierville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Grazierville is located in Blair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
  • Clearfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Kylertown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Pottersdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
    • Chester Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
    • Morrisdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Keewaydin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
    • Osceola Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Wallaceton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • West Decatur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
      • West Decatur has also been known as:
      • Blue Ball
      • Decatur
    • Shiloh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Ashland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ashland is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Parsonsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
    • Brisbin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Abdera
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Abdera is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
    • Lamar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Beech Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Tylersville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tylersville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
    • Cedar Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
    • Mill Hall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Salona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Salona is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
    • Flemington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Flemington is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
    • Rote
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rote is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
    • Farrandsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Farrandsville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandsville
    • Lock Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Castanea
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Huntingdon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Ennisville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
    • Dungarvin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
    • Neffs Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
    • Seven Stars
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
    • Donation
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Donation is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
    • Huntingdon Furnace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
    • Pennington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Petersburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Birmingham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Alexandria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Water Street
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
  • Mifflin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Milroy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Honey Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Reedsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kishacoquillas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
    • Lumber City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
    • Belleville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Yeagertown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Menno
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Menno is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
    • Burnham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • Alfarata
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Alfarata is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata
    • Lewistown Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
  • Snyder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Bannerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bannerville is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
    • McClure
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Middle Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.
    • Cherry Run
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Cherry Run is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
    • Pardee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Pardee is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coleville, see our County-by-County Page for Coleville.

Cemeteries Near Coleville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coleville.

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 Coleville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coleville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Trcziyulny Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Meyer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Benner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Centre County Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of State College.
    • The Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shiloh Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1885601 <2>
  • Slab Cabin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Schencks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Henderson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pine Hall Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Centre Hill Presbyterian 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.<4>

While we didn't find Coleville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coleville.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Coleville, with the one closest to Coleville listed first.

  • Wingate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Wingate is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
  • Bellefonte
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Axemann
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Axemann is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
  • Milesburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Gap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Unionville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fillmore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fillmore is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
  • Dale Summit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dale Summit is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
  • Zion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Zion is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Gum Stump
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gum Stump is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Stump
  • Curtin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Curtin is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtin
  • Houserville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Houserville is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mount Eagle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Eagle is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eagle
    • Linden Hall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Linden Hall is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
    • Centre Hall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coleville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coleville.

Newspapers Published in Coleville ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coleville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coleville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coleville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Coleville:

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 from Point A (ie- Coleville) 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 Coleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.