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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 Emery (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 Emery. 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 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 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.

Emery is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland, Brooke (WV), Hancock (WV), Marshall (WV) & Ohio (WV).

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Emery)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Dunningsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Dunningsville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunningsville
    • Eighty Four
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gilkeson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Gilkeson is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkeson
    • Baidland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Baidland is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
    • Sudan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sudan is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
    • Finleyville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Scenery Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Laboratory
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Laboratory is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laboratory
    • Gastonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gastonville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
    • Canonsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Braddock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Braddock is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock
    • East Washington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • East Washington is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Washington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
  • Allegheny County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Library
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunny Side
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
    • Bethel Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cochrans Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
    • Brightwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Brightwood is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood
    • Upper Saint Clair
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
      • Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
      • Jefferson
    • Bridgeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Essen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Essen is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Morgan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Morgan is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
    • Mount Lebanon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Elizabeth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Beaver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Gringo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Gringo is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
    • South Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • South Heights is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
    • Ambridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Crestmont Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
    • Comettsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Comettsburg is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comettsburg
    • Frankfort Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Frankfort Springs is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Harshaville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Harshaville is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaville
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Belle Vernon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • La Belle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • La Belle is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
    • Newell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Newell is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
    • Fairhope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Fairhope is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
    • Lynnwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
    • Chamouni
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Chamouni is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
    • Luzerne
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Luzerne is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
    • Arnold City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Arnold City is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
    • Brownstown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Brownstown is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
    • East Millsboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millsboro
    • Alicia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Alicia is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Brownsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Chartiers
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Chartiers is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
    • Clarksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • West Union
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • West Union is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
    • Jefferson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jefferson is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
    • Lippincott
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lippincott is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
    • Rices Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Swarts
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Swarts is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swarts
    • Morrisville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Morrisville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
    • Waynesburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Stringtown is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Carmichaels
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cumberland Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
  • Westmoreland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Monessen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Gibsonton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
    • North Belle Vernon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
    • Webster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Webster is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Sutersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Blackburn ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
    • West Newton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Shaner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
    • Smithton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Herminie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Wyano
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
    • Rillton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson County (OH)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Brilliant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Brilliant is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
    • Deandale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Deandale is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deandale
    • Georges Run
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Georges Run is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Run
    • Mingo Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Brooke County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Bethany
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Hooverson Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
    • Dutch Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Dutch Town is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
    • Follansbee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Shank Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Shank Town is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shank Town
    • Wellsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Middle Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Ferry
    • Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
    • Beech Bottom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Beech Bottom is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
    • Windsor Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Windsor Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Hancock County (WV)
    • Weirton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Weirton is located in Hancock County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weirton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,068 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weirton <1>
  • Marshall County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Dallas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dallas is located in Marshall County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
    • Calis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Calis is located in Marshall County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calis
  • Ohio County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emery, with the one closest to Emery listed first.
    • Potomac
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
    • Point Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Point Mills is located in Ohio County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
    • Valley Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • West Liberty
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Clinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Clinton is located in Ohio County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Triadelphia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Emery ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emery.

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

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

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

  • United Presbyterian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Letherman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letherman Cemetery
    • The Letherman Cemetery has also been known as:
    • South Pigeon Creek Dunkard Cemetery
  • Pigeon Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Munntown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Scenery Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenery Hill Cemetery
    • The Scenery Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1962382 <2>
  • St. Clements Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Finleyville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chartiers Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers Hill Cemetery
    • The Chartiers Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chartiers Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Hill Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44570 <2>
  • Forest Lawn Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (464 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 Emery in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Emery.

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

  • Dunningsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Dunningsville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunningsville
  • Vanceville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Vanceville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
  • Kammerer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kammerer is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kammerer
  • Wylandville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wylandville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylandville
  • Eighty Four
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Gilkeson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gilkeson is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkeson
  • South Strabane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • South Strabane is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strabane
  • Glyde
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Glyde is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyde
  • Odell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Odell is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
  • Thomas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Thomas is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
  • Zediker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Zediker is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zediker
  • Venetia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Bower Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Bower Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower Hill
    • Laboratory
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Laboratory is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laboratory
    • Scenery Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Emery ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emery.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emery, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emery.

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 Emery:

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 Emery, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Emery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.