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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Fairview 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 Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Albion
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Winslow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Oliveburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Valier
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Panic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Wishaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Coolspring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Timblin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Fuller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Sykesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prescottville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Dayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- McWilliams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Barnards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Eddyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Millville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Bryan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Putneyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Atwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Echo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Muff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- South Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Rural Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Garmantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Hastings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Nicktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Saint Benedict
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Thomas Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Elmora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Carrolltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Patton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Hawthorn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairmont City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- New Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Brinkerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Day
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Leatherwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Waterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Piolett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Mechanicsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Strattanville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reidsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reidsburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsburg
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Troutville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Helvetia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Stanley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Mahaffey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burnside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Bower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Curry Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Luthersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- DuBois
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Newburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Cherry Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Brockport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Challenge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Horton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Millstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Kylers Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Scattertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Forest County
- Clarington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Rossiter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Marchand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Trade City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Rochester Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Urey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Mottarns Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Glen Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooverhurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Georgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Elkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Marion Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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 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.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Punxsutawney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966411 <2>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgemont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pearce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anita Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McClure Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- White Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Round Top Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marchand Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marchand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Marchand.
- The Marchand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mahoning Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969616 <2>
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.
- Bells Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bells Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Mills
- Punxsutawney
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walston
- Horatio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Horatio is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
- Elbell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elbell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbell
- Winslow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Adrian Mines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Adrian Mines is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian Mines
- Big Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Frostburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Anita
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Valier
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Covode
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Covode is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covode
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Flora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flora is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Hillman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Oliveburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
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 42 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 15 miles [24.1 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 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 Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cambria 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 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |