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 Driscoll (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 Driscoll. 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.
Driscoll 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 Driscoll. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Driscoll:
- Cambria County (The home county of Driscoll)
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Loretto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winterset is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Spindley City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Chest Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Munster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Ebensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Carrolltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cresson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sankertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Revloc
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Revloc is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revloc
- Ashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Colver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Pavia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Osterburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Pleasantville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Waterside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- New Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Salemville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Loysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Highland Fling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Canan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blue Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Cross Keys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Puzzletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Duncansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hollidaysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Bellwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Frankstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Sylvis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Lyleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- McPherron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Rosebud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Coalport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Irvona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Blain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Utahville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Thompsontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Burnside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Glen Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hegarty Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Birmingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Marklesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Water Street
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Entriken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Alexandria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hesston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- McConnellstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Alverda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Rexis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Heilwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Uniontown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Nolo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Wehrum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Cherry Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Kenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Pine Flats
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Cookport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Dilltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Suncliff
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Jefferson County
- Winslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Ogletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Paint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Tire Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Windber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davidsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Blough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Forward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hooversville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Central City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Seward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Bolivar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Driscoll, see our County-by-County Page for Driscoll.
Cemeteries Near Driscoll ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Driscoll.
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 Driscoll - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Driscoll covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Loretto.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46182 <2>
- Lloyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Powell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Bridgids Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lillydale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Driscoll in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Driscoll.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Driscoll, with the one closest to Driscoll listed first.
- Kaylor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Loretto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Noel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Wildwood Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Ebensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Munster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Chest Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Lucket
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucket is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucket
- Cresson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gallitzin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elstie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elstie is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstie
- Ashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Driscoll. See our List of 1890's Communities around Driscoll.
Newspapers Published in Driscoll ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Driscoll.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Driscoll, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Driscoll.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Driscoll:
- 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
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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 Driscoll, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Driscoll) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |