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 Emerickville (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 Emerickville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Emerickville 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 Emerickville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emerickville:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Emerickville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- Fuller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Sandy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Hazen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Reynoldsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Brookville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Panic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Prescottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Wishaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Coolspring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- McWilliams
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Millville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Eddyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- South Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Dayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Barnards
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Deanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Bryan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Muff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Echo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Dee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Oscar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- Crates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Day
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Cooksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hawthorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frogtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Mechanicsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Strattanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairmont City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brinkerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Helen Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Clarion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- DuBois
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stanley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Helvetia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Troutville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Treasure Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Luthersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rockton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Laborde
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Winterburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Winterburn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterburn
- Curry Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Grampian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mahaffey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- Millstone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Hallton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Challenge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Kylers Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Ridgway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scattertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Dagus Mines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Whistletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Byrnedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- Clarington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Redclyffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Roses
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Gilfoyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Marienville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Iron City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- Rossiter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Trade City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Marchand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Mottarns Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Georgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Rochester Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Urey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Smicksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Glen Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hooverhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(12 miles [19.3 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 Emerickville, see our County-by-County Page for Emerickville.
Cemeteries Near Emerickville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emerickville.
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 Emerickville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emerickville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Knoxdale Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Butler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakelawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Reynoldsville.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1111986 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beechwoods Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moorhead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Conifer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Coolspring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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.
- Prospect Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Emerickville had a population of 94 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emerickville, with the one closest to Emerickville listed first.
- Fuller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Knox Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knox Dale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Dale
- Reynoldsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Warsaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Hazen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Brookville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Panic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Allens Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Coder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coder is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coder
- Stanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stanton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- McGarey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGarey is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarey
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coolspring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prescottville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Richardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richardsville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Emerickville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emerickville.
Newspapers Published in Emerickville ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emerickville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emerickville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emerickville.
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 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 Emerickville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong 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 Emerickville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Emerickville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |