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 Dougherty (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 Dougherty. 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.
Dougherty 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 Dougherty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dougherty:
- Cambria County (The home county of Dougherty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- Dean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Lloydville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Buckhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Fallentimber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Gallitzin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spindley City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Chest Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Tunnelhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Patton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- King
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pavia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Maria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Waterside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- Highland Fling
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Altoona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Culp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Grazierville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Canan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Tyrone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hollidaysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Frankstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- New Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Glass City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Marengo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- North Philipsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Port Matilda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Musser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Stormstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Ramblewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Casanova
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Fairbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- Utahville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Coalport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Blain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Rosebud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Ginter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Hegarty Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Irvona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Hope
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ramey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- McPherron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Westover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- Birmingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Pennington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Water Street
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Huntingdon Furnace
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Alexandria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dungarvin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Seven Stars
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hesston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- McConnellstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Entriken
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- Alverda
(20 miles [32.2 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 west)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Cherry Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Grisemore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Glen Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Heilwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Hooverhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Urey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Cookport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Hillsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Pine Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Kenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Purchase Line
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Jefferson County
- Winslow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dougherty, see our County-by-County Page for Dougherty.
Cemeteries Near Dougherty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dougherty.
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 Dougherty - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dougherty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Altoona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44953 <2>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Antis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Logan Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Dougherty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dougherty.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
- Condron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Condron is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condron
- Frugality
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frugality is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frugality
- Dean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Wopsononock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wopsononock is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wopsononock
- Van Ormer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Van Ormer is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ormer
- Lloydville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Fallentimber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roots
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roots is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roots
- Mountaindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mountaindale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
- Ashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Juniata
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Juniata is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bellwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glasgow is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Saint Augustine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dougherty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dougherty.
Newspapers Published in Dougherty ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dougherty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dougherty, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dougherty.
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 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 Dougherty:
- 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
- Jefferson 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 Dougherty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dougherty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |