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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 Dowler Junction (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 Dowler Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Dowler Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Dowler Junction: Dowler Jct. (or less commonly used: Dowler Jctn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Dowler Junction is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Dowler Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dowler Junction:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Dowler Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Burnside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- New Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Mahaffey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Bower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Sylvis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Mayes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Thompsontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Cherry Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Curry Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Westover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- McPherron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Gazzam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gazzam is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazzam
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Barnards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Atwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- McWilliams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Bryan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Eddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Rural Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Echo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Muff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Putneyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Yatesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Millville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Blanco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Highland Fling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grazierville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Garmantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Hastings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Northern Cambria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Spangler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Thomas Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Nicktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Saint Benedict
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Elmora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Patton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolltown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Flinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- South Philipsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Glass City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- North Philipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Hawthorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmont City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elk County
- Brockport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Urey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Hooverhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Johnsonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Cherry Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Hillsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Rossiter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Purchase Line
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Cookport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Rochester Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Commodore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Sykesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oliveburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Panic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Wishaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Prescottville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Reynoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pancoast
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Green Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Coolspring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dowler Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Dowler Junction.
Cemeteries Near Dowler Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dowler Junction.
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 Dowler Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dowler Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Sunderland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Urey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mahaffey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- LaJose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frye Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rowley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rowley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45933 <2>
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46469 <2>
- Wampler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- Uniontown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pearce Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Dowler Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dowler Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dowler Junction, with the one closest to Dowler Junction listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burnside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Urey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Sidney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sidney is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Patchinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- McGees Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McGees Mills is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGees Mills
- New Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Ostend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ostend is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostend
- Mahaffey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cush Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- Newburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hillman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Flora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flora is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Hillsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dowler Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dowler Junction.
Newspapers Published in Dowler Junction ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dowler Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dowler Junction, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dowler Junction.
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 Dowler Junction:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clarion County
- Elk County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dowler Junction) 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 Dowler Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |