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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 Finleyville (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 Finleyville. 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.

Finleyville is located in Washington County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Finleyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Finleyville:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Finleyville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Finleyville, with the one closest to Finleyville listed first.
    • Gastonville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gastonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
      • Gastonville is located in Washington County
    • Ellsworth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellsworth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
      • Ellsworth is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
    • Baidland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baidland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
      • Baidland is located in Washington County
    • New Eagle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eagle
      • New Eagle is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,079 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Eagle <2>
    • McMurray
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMurray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMurray
      • McMurray is located in Washington County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McMurray <2>
    • Monongahela
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monongahela have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monongahela
      • Monongahela is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,090 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monongahela <2>
    • Thompsonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sudan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Black Diamond
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunningsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • North Charleroi
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Charleroi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charleroi
      • North Charleroi is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
    • Eighty Four
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Allegheny County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Finleyville, with the one closest to Finleyville listed first.
    • Library
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cochrans Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • West Elizabeth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Elizabeth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elizabeth
      • West Elizabeth is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Elizabeth <2>
    • Bethel Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Park
      • Bethel Park is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,212 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethel Park <2>
    • Pleasant Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hills <2>
    • Elizabeth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Clairton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Baldwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Baldwin is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,419 people
    • Castle Shannon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mount Lebanon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Coal Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Beaver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Finleyville, with the one closest to Finleyville listed first.
    • Gringo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • South Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
      • South Heights is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
    • Ambridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambridge
      • Ambridge is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,535 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ambridge <2>
    • Crestmont Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crestmont Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
      • Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
    • Economy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Economy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
      • Economy is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
    • Aliquippa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • New Sheffield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Baden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
      • Baden is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,839 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baden <2>
    • Harshaville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wallace City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
      • Wallace City is located in Beaver County
    • Comettsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Frankfort Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Springs
      • Frankfort Springs is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Finleyville, with the one closest to Finleyville listed first.
    • Valencia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valencia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
      • Valencia is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,360 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valencia <2>
    • Mars
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Seven Fields
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
      • Seven Fields is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Finleyville, with the one closest to Finleyville listed first.
    • Belle Vernon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairhope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynnwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Arnold City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnold City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
      • Arnold City is located in Fayette County
    • Brownstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
      • Brownstown is located in Fayette County
    • Fayette City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
      • Fayette City is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
    • Newell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chamouni
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chamouni. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
      • Chamouni is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Chamouni
      • From Finleyville to Chamouni
    • Kenneth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenneth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
      • Kenneth is located in Fayette County
    • Banning
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banning. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
      • Banning is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Banning
      • From Finleyville to Banning
    • Redstone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitsett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitsett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
      • Whitsett is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Whitsett
      • From Finleyville to Whitsett
  • Greene County
  • Westmoreland County
  • Brooke County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Finleyville, with the one closest to Finleyville listed first.
    • Bethany
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
      • Bethany is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <2>
    • Hooverson Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooverson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
      • Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
  • Ohio County (WV)
    • Potomac
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Potomac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
      • Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Potomac
      • From Finleyville to Potomac

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

Cemeteries Near Finleyville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Finleyville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Finleyville had a population of 496 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Finleyville had a population of 392 people.

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

  • Gastonville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gastonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
    • Gastonville is located in Washington County
  • Venetia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venetia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetia
    • Venetia is located in Washington County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venetia <2>
  • Huston Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huston Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huston Run
    • Huston Run is located in Washington County
  • Wallace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Wallace is located in Allegheny County
  • Bunola
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunola
    • Bunola is located in Allegheny County
  • Snowden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
    • Snowden is located in Allegheny County
  • Library
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Courtney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
    • Courtney is located in Washington County
  • Elkhorn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
    • Elkhorn is located in Allegheny County
  • Shire Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shire Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shire Oaks
    • Shire Oaks is located in Washington County
  • Cochrans Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gill Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gill Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill Hall
    • Gill Hall is located in Allegheny County
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Bower Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower Hill
      • Bower Hill is located in Washington County
    • Thomas
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Thomas is located in Washington County
    • Baidland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baidland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
      • Baidland is located in Washington County

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

Newspapers Published in Finleyville ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Finleyville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Finleyville, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Finleyville.

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 Finleyville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Finleyville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Finleyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Finleyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Finleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2531, Longitude: -80.0035    









 

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