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 Elberta (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 Elberta. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Elberta is located in Blair 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 Blair County: Bedford, Cambria, Centre & Huntingdon.
Below are the counties that are near Elberta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elberta:
- Blair County (The home county of Elberta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Flowing Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Altoona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Point View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Culp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Frankstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Franklin Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Royer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Canan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Hollidaysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- King
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Waterside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Pavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Loysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Riddlesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Woodbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marble City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Salemville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Osterburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Langdondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Buckhorn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Dean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Lloydville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Gallitzin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Amsbry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Ashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spindley City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Cresson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sankertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Marengo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Musser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- New Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Ramblewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Port Matilda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Stormstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- South Philipsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Utahville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Ginter
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Coalport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Houtzdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ramey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Blain City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Hegarty Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Rosebud
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Glen Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Irvona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Waterfall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Water Street
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Birmingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Marklesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hesston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Entriken
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Pennington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Huntingdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Alverda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Kistler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Allensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Newton Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Menno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- McVeytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Somerset County
- Ogletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elberta, see our County-by-County Page for Elberta.
Cemeteries Near Elberta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elberta.
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 Elberta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elberta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Altoona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45918 <2>
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Geeseytown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeseytown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Geeseytown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Frankstown.
- The Geeseytown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frankstown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991646 <2>
- Antis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Altoona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44953 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson Cemetery
- The Hutchinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Guildford Cemetery
- McGarvey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45167 <2>
- Logan Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Elberta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elberta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elberta, with the one closest to Elberta listed first.
- Flowing Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Canoe Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canoe Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Creek
- Juniata
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Altoona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allegheny Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Allegheny Furnace is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Furnace
- Point View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Frankstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Reese
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reese is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Wertz
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wertz is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertz
- Franklin Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Ganister
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ganister is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganister
- Springfield Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Culp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Canan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elberta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elberta.
Newspapers Published in Elberta ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elberta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elberta, 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 Elberta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Elberta:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Blair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset 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 Elberta, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elberta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |