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 Waterford (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 Waterford. 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 Waterford ...
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 Waterford: E. Waterford
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Waterford. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Waterford.
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 hospitals and 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 Waterford is located in Juniata 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 Juniata County: Huntingdon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near East Waterford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Waterford:
- Juniata County (The home county of East Waterford)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Perulack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- McCullochs Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Peru Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Waterloo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Doyles Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Old Port
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mifflin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Thompsontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Blair County
- Covedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Fruittown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Boalsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Pine Grove Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Panorama Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Bloomsdorf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Fairbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
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- Ramblewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Newville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Big Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Plainfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Shippensburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lees Cross Roads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Schlusser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Carlisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Mowersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Roxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Orrstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Pinola
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Green Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Keefers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Freestone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Cheesetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cheesetown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesetown
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Clear Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
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- Fort Littleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waterfall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Aughwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Mount Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shirleysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Orbisonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Birdville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Mill Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Neelyton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pogue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Colfax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Mattawana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- McVeytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Newton Hamilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Kistler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Juniata Terrace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lewistown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allensville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Menno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Belleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Highland Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- New Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Kistler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bixler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Centre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Ickesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Landisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alinda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
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- Elliottsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
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- Eshcol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Falling Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Blain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mecks Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- McClure
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Waterford, see our County-by-County Page for East Waterford.
Cemeteries Near East Waterford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Waterford.
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 Waterford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Waterford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- East Waterford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Polk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCoysville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barkley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCaskey Graves
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elf Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jeffries Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Waterford had a population of 172 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Waterford, with the one closest to East Waterford listed first.
- Honey Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCullochs Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- New Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Peru Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Blacklog
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- McCoysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McCoysville is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoysville
- Waterloo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Andersonburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Andersonburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonburg
- Blairs Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
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- Longfellow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Cisna Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Kistler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Waterford. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Waterford.
Newspapers Published in East Waterford ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Waterford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Waterford, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Waterford.
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 East Waterford:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Juniata County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Snyder 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> | 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 Waterford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- East Waterford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |