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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 Dry Hill (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 Dry Hill. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Dry Hill is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Garrett (MD), Greene, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland, Monongalia (WV) & Preston (WV).

Below are the counties that are near Dry Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dry Hill:

  • Fayette County     (The home county of Dry Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Everson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Everson is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Dawson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Connellsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Vanderbilt
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dickerson Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Dickerson Run is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Run
    • Leisenring
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Leisenring is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisenring
    • Rogerstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
    • Sitka
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sitka is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
    • Dunbar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • South Connellsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Flatwoods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Flatwoods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
    • Bitner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bitner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitner
  • Allegheny County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Buena Vista
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Sunny Side
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
    • Boston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Elizabeth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lincoln
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
    • West Elizabeth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clairton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Versailles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Versailles is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
    • Liberty
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberty is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
    • Mendelssohn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
    • White Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Coal Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Coal Valley is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Nemacolin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Nemacolin is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
    • Stringtown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stringtown is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Cumberland Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
    • Rices Landing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Carmichaels
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairdale is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
    • Ceylon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ceylon is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
    • Clarksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Greensboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Chartiers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Chartiers is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
    • Khedive
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Khedive is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
    • Jefferson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jefferson is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
  • Indiana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • White
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • White is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
    • Bow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bow is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Draketown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Draketown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
    • Bakersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bakersville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
    • Confluence
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Lexington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Lexington is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
    • New Centerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • New Centerville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Lavansville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Lavansville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavansville
    • Casselman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Casselman is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casselman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Markleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Roytown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Roytown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
    • Ursina
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ursina is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Laurel Mountain Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Addison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Allenport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Speers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Speers is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Blainsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Blainsburg is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
    • California
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Dunlevy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Elco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Elco is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Roscoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Roscoe is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
    • Stockdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Twilight
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Twilight is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • West Brownsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • West Brownsville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
    • Donora
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Donora is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donora <1>
    • Coal Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Westmoreland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Scottdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hawkeye
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
    • West Overton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
    • Alverton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Alverton is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverton
    • Iron Bridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
    • Mount Pleasant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Joy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
    • Smithton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunker
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hunker is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunker <1>
    • New Stanton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Wyano
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
    • Kecksburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
  • Garrett County (MD)
    • Friendsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Monongalia County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Cheat Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
    • Canyon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Preston County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
    • Clifton Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
    • Brandonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Bruceton Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hazelton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Little Sandy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
    • Rockville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dry Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Dry Hill.

Cemeteries Near Dry Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Hill.

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 Dry Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dry Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cochran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Emery's Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Emery's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Emery's Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Connellsville.
    • The St. Emery's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Emery Cemetery
    • St. Emery New Cemetery
    • St. Emerys Cemetery
    • St. Emory Cemetery
    • St. Emory New Cemetery
    • St. Emorys Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46020 <2>
  • St. Ritas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Trinity Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Connellsville.
    • The Holy Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993674 <2>
  • Green Ridge Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Scottdale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Dickerson Run - Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Chestnut Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (348 more) ...

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 Dry Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dry Hill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.

  • Broad Ford
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Broad Ford is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Ford
  • Adelaide
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Adelaide is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide
  • Crossland
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crossland is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossland
  • Owensdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Owensdale is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensdale
  • Dawson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Moyer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Moyer is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyer
  • Pennsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pennsville is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
  • Everson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Everson is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Dickerson Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dickerson Run is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Run
  • Vanderbilt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Trotter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Trotter is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter
  • New Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • New Haven is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Wheeler
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Wheeler is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Connellsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Scottdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dry Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dry Hill.

Newspapers Published in Dry Hill ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Hill, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dry Hill.

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 Dry Hill:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dry Hill) 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 Dry Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.