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 Cross Keys (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 Cross Keys. 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 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 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.
Cross Keys is located in Juniata 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 Juniata County: Huntingdon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near Cross Keys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cross Keys:
- Juniata County (The home county of Cross Keys)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Peru Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Perulack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Waterloo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- East Rutherford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- McCullochs Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Doyles Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Old Port
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Covedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Shellytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Williamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beavertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Franklin Forge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oreminea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Point View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Clover Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Flowing Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Royer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Pine Grove Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Bloomsdorf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Boalsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fruittown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Panorama Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Musser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Linden Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Potters Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Big Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Shippensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Plainfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Huntsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Schlusser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Montsera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Roxbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Mowersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Orrstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Pinola
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Freestone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Keefers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Green Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Clear Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Fort Littleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waterfall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knobsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Laidig
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Wells Tannery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Aughwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Shirleysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orbisonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Mill Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Neelyton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pogue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Newton Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Kistler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Mattawana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atkinson Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Allensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Menno
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Juniata Terrace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Belleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lewistown Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lewistown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- New Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Kistler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bixler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Centre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Ickesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Landisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Eshcol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Alinda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Falling Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Blain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cross Keys, see our County-by-County Page for Cross Keys.
Cemeteries Near Cross Keys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cross Keys.
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 Cross Keys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cross Keys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Polk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barkley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Waterford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bell's Furnace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Richvale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Germany Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (263 more) ...
- Shade Valley Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffries Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- United Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Cross Keys in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cross Keys.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cross Keys, with the one closest to Cross Keys listed first.
- Peru Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Waterloo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Blacklog
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- Blairs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- East Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Waterford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waterford
- Ryde
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ryde is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryde
- Vineyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Culbertson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Culbertson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbertson
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- New Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Newton Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Honey Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shirleysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cross Keys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cross Keys.
Newspapers Published in Cross Keys ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cross Keys.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cross Keys, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cross Keys.
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 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 Cross Keys:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Juniata County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Mifflin County
- Perry 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 Cross Keys, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cross Keys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |