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 East Branch (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 East Branch. 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 East Branch ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Branch: E. Branch
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Branch. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Branch.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
East Branch is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest & Indiana.
Below are the counties that are near East Branch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Branch:
- Jefferson County (The home county of East Branch)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Coolspring
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Oliveburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Timblin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Worthville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Panic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Fuller
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Pansy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Ohl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Langville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Albion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- McWilliams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Millville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Eddyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Dayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- South Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Barnards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Bryan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Muff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Echo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Deanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Garmantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Hastings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Hawthorn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Fairmont City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- New Bethlehem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Day
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Brinkerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Mechanicsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Leatherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Strattanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Stanley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Troutville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Helvetia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Sandy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- DuBois
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Luthersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Laborde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Rockton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Burnside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mahaffey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bower
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Millstone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Brockport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Horton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Challenge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Hallton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Kylers Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Clarington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Trade City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Rossiter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Georgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mottarns Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Johnsonburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Savan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Smicksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elkin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Rochester Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Urey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Ambrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 East Branch, see our County-by-County Page for East Branch.
Cemeteries Near East Branch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Branch.
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 East Branch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Branch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Coolspring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
- Anita Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxdale Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Perry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Conifer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Punxsutawney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966411 <2>
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- Ridgemont Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 East Branch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Branch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Branch, with the one closest to East Branch listed first.
- Coolspring
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sprankle Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sprankle Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprankle Mills
- Oliveburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Knox Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Knox Dale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Dale
- Timblin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Frostburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Stanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- McGarey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McGarey is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarey
- Worthville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Walston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walston
- Adrian Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian Mines is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian Mines
- Anita
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Anita is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Panic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Fuller
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Pansy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Branch. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Branch.
Newspapers Published in East Branch ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Branch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Branch, 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 East Branch.
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 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 East Branch:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana 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> | 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 East Branch, 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- East Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |