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 Coupon (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 Coupon. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Coupon is located in Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Coupon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coupon:
- Cambria County (The home county of Coupon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Buckhorn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Ashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gallitzin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Spindley City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Dysart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Tunnelhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Dean
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Chest Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Cresson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sankertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Loretto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Pavia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- New Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Osterburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waterside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Loysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Salemville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Woodbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Marble City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Riddlesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Highland Fling
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Canan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Cross Keys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hollidaysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bellwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frankstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Newry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Blue Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Brooks Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Glass City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Marengo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- South Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Musser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- North Philipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Port Matilda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Coalport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lyleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Utahville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Blain City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Rosebud
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Irvona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Hegarty Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- McPherron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Ginter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Sylvis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Glen Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Houtzdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Water Street
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Marklesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Entriken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hesston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- McConnellstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Dungarvin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Huntingdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Alverda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Grisemore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Cherry Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Heilwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Rexis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Pine Flats
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Cookport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Kenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Nolo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Wehrum
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Hillsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Commodore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Ogletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Paint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Seward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Robb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coupon, see our County-by-County Page for Coupon.
Cemeteries Near Coupon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coupon.
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 Coupon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coupon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bennington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson Cemetery
- The Hutchinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Guildford Cemetery
- McGarvey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45167 <2>
- St.s Peter & Paul RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Loretto.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46182 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find Coupon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coupon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coupon, with the one closest to Coupon listed first.
- Elstie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elstie is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstie
- Gallitzin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Wopsononock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wopsononock is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wopsononock
- Dysart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Condron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Condron is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condron
- Wildwood Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Dean
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Chest Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Loretto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cresson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Canan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coupon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coupon.
Newspapers Published in Coupon ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coupon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coupon, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coupon.
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 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 Coupon:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana 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> | 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 Coupon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coupon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |