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 Dale Summit (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 Dale Summit. 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.
Dale Summit 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 Dale Summit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dale Summit:
- Centre County (The home county of Dale Summit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Houserville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houserville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
- Lemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Linden Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Axemann
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Axemann is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
- Boalsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- State College
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centre Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Krumrine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Park Forest Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Tyrone Forge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Tyrone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grazierville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tipton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Culp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Kylertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Hill
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Osceola Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keewaydin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
- Pottersdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
- West Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Wallaceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- 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
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- 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
- Ginter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Abdera
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Abdera is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
- Lamar
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tylersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Cedar Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Beech Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Salona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Greenburr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Rote
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Flemington
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Castanea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farrandsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farrandsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandsville
- Lock Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Ennisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Neffs Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Dungarvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Seven Stars
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Donation
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Huntingdon Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Pennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Water Street
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Huntingdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Mifflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Reeds Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Port Royal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- McAlisterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Old Port
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Milroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Kishacoquillas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Lumber City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Reedsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Menno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Yeagertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burnham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Allensville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Juniata Terrace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(20 miles [32.2 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 Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Bannerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Benfer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Troxelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Cherry Run
(22 miles [35.4 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 Dale Summit, see our County-by-County Page for Dale Summit.
Cemeteries Near Dale Summit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dale Summit.
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 Dale Summit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dale Summit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Centre County Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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>
- Benner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Slab Cabin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bellefonte City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46531 <2>
- Pine Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trcziyulny Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centre Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Campbell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Henderson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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, Dale Summit had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dale Summit, with the one closest to Dale Summit listed first.
- Houserville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houserville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
- Linden Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Pleasant Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boalsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Axemann
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Axemann is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
- Fillmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Krumrine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Centre Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tusseyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tusseyville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusseyville
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wingate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wingate is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Centre Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centre Hill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
- Zion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zion is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Milesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dale Summit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dale Summit.
Newspapers Published in Dale Summit ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dale Summit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dale Summit, 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 Dale Summit.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Dale Summit:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Centre County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Clinton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Snyder County
- Union 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dale Summit) 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 Dale Summit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |