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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 Ebensburg (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 Ebensburg. 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.

Ebensburg is located in Cambria County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Ebensburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ebensburg:

  • Cambria County     (The home county of Ebensburg)
  • Bedford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebensburg, with the one closest to Ebensburg listed first.
    • Pavia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pavia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
      • Pavia is located in Bedford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pavia
      • From Ebensburg to Pavia
    • King
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for King. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • King is located in Bedford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to King
      • From Ebensburg to King
    • Pleasantville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
      • Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Maria
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maria. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
      • Maria is located in Bedford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Maria
      • From Ebensburg to Maria
    • Osterburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • New Paris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paris
      • New Paris is located in Bedford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paris <2>
    • New Enterprise
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Salemville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Loysburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Clairsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Clairsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
      • Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • Woodbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
      • Woodbury is located in Bedford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbury <2>
  • Blair County
  • Clearfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebensburg, with the one closest to Ebensburg listed first.
    • Sylvis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sylvis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
      • Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sylvis
      • From Ebensburg to Sylvis
    • Westover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
      • Westover is located in Clearfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
    • McPherron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McPherron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
      • McPherron is located in Clearfield County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McPherron
      • From Ebensburg to McPherron
    • Coalport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyleville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosebud
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosebud. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
      • Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rosebud
      • From Ebensburg to Rosebud
    • Blain City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blain City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
      • Blain City is located in Clearfield County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Blain City
      • From Ebensburg to Blain City
    • Irvona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
      • Burnside is located in Clearfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Utahville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New Washington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
      • New Washington is located in Clearfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Thompsontown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompsontown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
      • Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
    • Glen Hope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Huntingdon County
  • Indiana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebensburg, with the one closest to Ebensburg listed first.
    • Rexis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Wehrum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Alverda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grisemore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grisemore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
      • Grisemore is located in Indiana County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Grisemore
      • From Ebensburg to Grisemore
    • Heilwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heilwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
      • Heilwood is located in Indiana County
    • Nolo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dilltown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Pine Flats
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Flats. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
      • Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pine Flats
      • From Ebensburg to Pine Flats
    • Suncliff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Uniontown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
      • Uniontown is located in Indiana County
    • Kenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Armagh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Littletown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Littletown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
      • Littletown is located in Indiana County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Littletown
      • From Ebensburg to Littletown
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebensburg, with the one closest to Ebensburg listed first.
    • Paint
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
      • Paint is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
    • Windber
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Tire Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ogletown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Benson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
      • Benson is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Davidsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davidsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsville
      • Davidsville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davidsville <2>
    • Hollsopple
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomas Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blough
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jerome
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerome have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
      • Jerome is located in Somerset County
    • Forward
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forward. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
      • Forward is located in Somerset County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Forward
      • From Ebensburg to Forward
    • Hooversville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Central City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Central City is located in Somerset County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <2>
  • Westmoreland County

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

Cemeteries Near Ebensburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ebensburg.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ebensburg had a population of 1,202 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Ebensburg had a population of 3,015 people.

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

  • Munster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Noel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
    • Noel is located in Cambria County
  • Kaylor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaylor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
    • Kaylor is located in Cambria County
  • Loretto
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pindleton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pindleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
    • Pindleton is located in Cambria County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pindleton
    • From Ebensburg to Pindleton
  • Lucket
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucket have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucket
    • Lucket is located in Cambria County
  • Vetera
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vetera have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetera
    • Vetera is located in Cambria County
  • Wildwood Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
    • Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
  • Summerhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Summerhill is located in Cambria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerhill <2>
  • Portage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sonman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
    • Sonman is located in Cambria County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sonman
    • From Ebensburg to Sonman
  • Bens Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bens Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
    • Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bens Creek
    • From Ebensburg to Bens Creek
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ebensburg ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ebensburg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ebensburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ebensburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ebensburg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<6> of Ebensburg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Ebensburg:

The official website for Ebensburg: www.ebensburgpa.com/

The official website for Cambria County: www.co.cambria.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Ebensburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ebensburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ebensburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4852, Longitude: -78.7249    









 

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