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 Content (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 Content. 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 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 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.
Content is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest & Indiana.
Below are the counties that are near Content. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Content:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Content)
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Baxter
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Ohl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Summerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Brookville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Corsica
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Langville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Worthville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Coolspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Howe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Timblin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Millville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- McWilliams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- South Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Eddyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Dayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Muff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Dee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Barnards
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Bryan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Echo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Bruin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Kepples Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Petrolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Crates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Day
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Frogtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Hawthorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Strattanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmont City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- New Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Piolett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Stanley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Helvetia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Sandy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Troutville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- DuBois
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Luthersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Rockton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Laborde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Burnside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mahaffey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Millstone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brockport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Horton City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Challenge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Kylers Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Ridgway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Clarington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Trade City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Marchand
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Smicksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rossiter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mottarns Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Johnsonburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Elkin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Savan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Rochester Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Beyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Plumville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Fertigs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Nickleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Coal Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hill City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Content, see our County-by-County Page for Content.
Cemeteries Near Content ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Content.
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 Content - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Content covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Conifer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carrier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carrier Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Summerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44528 <3>
- Vandervort Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paradise Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coolspring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
- Knoxdale Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- Butler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Asbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Content had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Content, with the one closest to Content listed first.
- Baxter
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Heathville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heathville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathville
- Ohl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- McGarey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGarey is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarey
- Stanton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Coder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coder is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coder
- Summerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Shannondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shannondale is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Pansy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Brookville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Langville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Worthville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coolspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- North Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Freedom is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Content. See our List of 1890's Communities around Content.
Newspapers Published in Content ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Content.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Content, 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 Content.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Content:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Venango 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Content) 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 Content, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |