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 Cypher (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 Cypher. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Cypher is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Cypher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cypher:
- Bedford County (The home county of Cypher)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Yellow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Marble City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Coaldale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Woodbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Langdondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Graceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riddlesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Saxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Loysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Breezewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Dallas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Dallas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Dallas
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Clover Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Martinsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Claysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- East Sharpsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Roaring Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beavertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Brooks Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Newry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oreminea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Puzzletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Blue Knob
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Beaverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Dunlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Puritan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Bens Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Oil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Portage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Scarlan Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Sonman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Spring Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Sidman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Cowans Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Metal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Fort Loudon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Cove Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Dickey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Markes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Markes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markes
- Mercersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Saint Thomas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Rockdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Valley-Hi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Akersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Crystal Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Laidig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Emmaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Waterfall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harrisonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Pleasant Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Sipes Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Clear Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Fort Littleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Coalmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Middletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Broad Top City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Robertsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Cooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Joller ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Kimmel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Salter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Todd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Coles ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Mifflin County
- Kistler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Ogletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Central City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Buckstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Forward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Indian Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Lake is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Windber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairhope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Allegany County (MD)
- Flintstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County (MD)
- Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morgan County (WV)
- Hancock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cypher, see our County-by-County Page for Cypher.
Cemeteries Near Cypher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cypher.
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 Cypher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cypher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery has also been known as:
- Yellow Creek Reformed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46229 <2>
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ritchey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hershberger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hetrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Everett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keagy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Potter Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Duvalls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Colmont Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cypher had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cypher, with the one closest to Cypher listed first.
- Yellow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Tatesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tatesville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatesville
- Woodbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Graceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kearney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kearney is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Riddlesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Loysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Defiance is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Mount Dallas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Dallas is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Dallas
- Wells Tannery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Waterside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- New Enterprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Salemville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cypher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cypher.
Newspapers Published in Cypher ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cypher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cypher, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cypher.
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 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 Cypher:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset County
- Allegany County
- Washington County
- Morgan 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 Cypher, 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- Cypher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |