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 Fairview (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 Fairview. 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.
Fairview is located in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Kimmel
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Saltillo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Coles ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Joller ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Cooks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Three Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Todd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Selea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selea is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
- Robertsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Pogue
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Cassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Broad Top City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Saxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Coaldale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Langdondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Hopewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Graceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Woodbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Waterside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Breezewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Loysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Clover Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Beavertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Martinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Oreminea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- East Sharpsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Royer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Williamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Covedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Franklin Forge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Roaring Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flowing Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Point View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Newburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shippensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Dry Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Cowans Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Doylestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Metal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Newbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Freestone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Roxbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Fort Loudon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Keefers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Pleasant Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Saint Thomas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cheesetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cheesetown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesetown
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Waterfall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clear Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Fort Littleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Burnt Cabins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Laidig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Knobsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Valley-Hi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Harrisonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Akersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- McConnellsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Crystal Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Peru Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Perulack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- East Rutherford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- McCullochs Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Reeds Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Kistler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Allensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Menno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Perry County
- New Germantown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview.
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
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 Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coles Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Saltillo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Edwards Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Three Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornelius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Robertsdale Italian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Kyler Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beavertown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Saltillo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Cooks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Three Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Todd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Robertsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Selea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selea is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
- New Grenada
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Grenada is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grenada
- Waterfall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Dublin Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dublin Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Mills
- Meadow Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Gap is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Gap
- Trough Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trough Creek is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maddensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Orbisonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rockhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview.
Newspapers Published in Fairview ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairview, 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 Fairview.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Fairview:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry 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 Fairview, 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- Fairview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |