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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 Edgewood (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 Edgewood. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Edgewood is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.

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

  • Indiana County     (The home county of Edgewood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Shado-Wood Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
    • Smathers
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Smathers is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
    • Aultman
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Aultman is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
    • Ben Avon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Ben Avon is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Avon
    • Lucerne Mines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Lucerne Mines is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne Mines
    • Indiana
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Parkwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Parkwood is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • Homer City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacksonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Chevy Chase Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chevy Chase Heights is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Heights
    • Graceton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Graceton is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
    • Josephine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Josephine is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
    • Coral
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Allegheny County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Sligo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sligo is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
    • Karns
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Karns is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
    • Natrona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Natrona is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
    • Brackenridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Leechburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
    • New Texas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • New Texas is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
    • Plum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Plum is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
    • Tarentum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Springdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Unity
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Unity is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
    • Cheswick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Garden City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Garden City is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Harwick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Harwick is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
  • Armstrong County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Olivet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Olivet is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Elderton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Atwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Atwood is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Cochrans Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
    • Spring Church
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Whitesburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
    • Edmon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Edmon is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
    • Rural Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Blanco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Blanco is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
    • Barnards
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Barnards is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
    • Yatesboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
    • North Apollo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Orchard Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Leasureville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Leasureville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
    • Monroe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Monroe is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Dennys Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
    • Ekastown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Ekastown is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
  • Cambria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • White Mill Crossing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
    • Vintondale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Vintondale is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Belsano
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Belsano is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
    • Wilmore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Rocks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cardiff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Cardiff is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
    • Nanty Glo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Colver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Garmantown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Garmantown is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
    • Nicktown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Nicktown is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
    • Brownstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cambria City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cambria City is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
    • Mundys Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mundys Corner is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundys Corner
  • Clarion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Fairmont City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • New Bethlehem
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Hawthorn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Clearfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Burnside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Burnside is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Sylvis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
    • Westover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Westover is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Valier
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Valier is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
    • Punxsutawney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Timblin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Timblin is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
    • Albion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Albion is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Winslow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Winslow is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
    • Oliveburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
    • Worthville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Worthville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Tire Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
    • Thomas Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
    • Laurel Mountain Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Davidsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jerome is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Jennerstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Benson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Benson is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Hollsopple
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Paint
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Paint is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Westmoreland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edgewood, with the one closest to Edgewood listed first.
    • Livermore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
    • Burrell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
    • Bolivar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Avonmore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • New Florence
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Seward
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Seward is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seward <1>
    • Salina
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • New Derry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • West Fairfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
    • Robb
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Robb is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
    • New Alexandria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Derry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Derry is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
    • Nihil
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nihil is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nihil

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

Cemeteries Near Edgewood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edgewood.

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 Edgewood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • McIntire Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Smathers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kunkle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Bernards Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Coral Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Coral Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Coral.
    • The Coral Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lutheran Chapel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129169 <2>
  • West Lebanon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Speedy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Frye Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (241 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.<3>

While we didn't find Edgewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edgewood.

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

  • Crete
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Crete is located in Indiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
  • Smathers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Smathers is located in Indiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
  • Two Lick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Two Lick is located in Indiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Lick
  • Homer City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Indiana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Parkwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkwood is located in Indiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
  • Graceton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Graceton is located in Indiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
  • Shelocta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Saltsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Brush Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Brush Valley is located in Indiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Valley
  • Creekside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Creekside is located in Indiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
  • South Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • South Bend is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Clarksburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Advance
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Advance is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
    • Snyder
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Snyder is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder

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

Newspapers Published in Edgewood ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgewood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edgewood, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edgewood.

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 websites either 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 Edgewood:

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 Edgewood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edgewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.