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 Decorum (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 Decorum. 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.
Decorum is located in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near Decorum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Decorum:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Decorum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Neelyton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maddensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Pogue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Selea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Selea is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
- Orbisonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Three Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- 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
- Saltillo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Kimmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Coles ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Joller ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Trust
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Cashtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cashtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Saxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coaldale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Graceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Hopewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Breezewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Langdondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Riddlesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Marble City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Everett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Loysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Clover Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Beavertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Martinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Oreminea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Newburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shippensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Lees Cross Roads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Big Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Newville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bears Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Huntsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Plainfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Freestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Metal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Dry Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Cowans Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Keefers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Doylestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Roxbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Pleasant Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Cheesetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cheesetown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesetown
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Fort Loudon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Fort Littleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Knobsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Waterfall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Laidig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Harrisonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- McConnellsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Tannery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Pleasant Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Valley-Hi
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Akersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Perulack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Peru Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- East Rutherford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- McCullochs Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Kistler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Mattawana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Allensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- New Germantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cisna Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Centre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Kistler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bixler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Maugansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fountainhead - Orchard Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Long Meadow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
- Hill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Clear Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paramount - Long Meadow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paramount - Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount - Long Meadow
- Leitersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Decorum, see our County-by-County Page for Decorum.
Cemeteries Near Decorum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Decorum.
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 Decorum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Decorum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Cree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fair Ridge Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fleming Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lower Path Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Horse Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shade Gap Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Possumtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ramsey Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Maddensville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ft. Littleton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Duffey Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Decorum had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Decorum, with the one closest to Decorum listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Fannettsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mentzer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mentzer is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentzer
- Willow Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neelyton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Gap is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Gap
- Maddensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Fort Littleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Freestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Newbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Dry Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Clear Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Decorum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Decorum.
Newspapers Published in Decorum ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Decorum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Decorum, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Decorum.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Decorum:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Washington 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> | 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 Decorum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Decorum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |