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 Floreffe (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 Floreffe. 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.
Floreffe is located in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Floreffe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Floreffe:
- Allegheny County (The home county of Floreffe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Elizabeth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Elizabeth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jefferson Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- 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
- Clairton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Cochrans Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Coal Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coal Valley is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Sunny Side
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Glassport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Library
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Apollo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edmon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Leechburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Apollo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- South Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Ambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gringo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gringo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
- Crestmont Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
- Aliquippa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Economy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- New Sheffield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Sheffield is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sheffield
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Valencia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mars
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arnold City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Fairhope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairhope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
- Lynnwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
- Fayette City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Brownstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Newell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Chamouni
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Kenneth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kenneth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Banning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Redstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Redstone is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Whitsett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitsett is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
- Fuller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Clarksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chartiers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Rices Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Stringtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Cumberland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Lippincott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Carmichaels
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- West Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Khedive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Nemacolin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Ceylon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Indiana County
- White
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Ellsworth
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- New Eagle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Black Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Monongahela
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Finleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gastonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- Baidland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
- Sudan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sudan is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
- Donora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Charleroi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Charleroi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charleroi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
- Charleroi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McMurray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Sutersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Webster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Shaner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Monessen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Newton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gibsonton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- Herminie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rillton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Larimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Larimer is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimer
- Smithton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Floreffe, see our County-by-County Page for Floreffe.
Cemeteries Near Floreffe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Floreffe.
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 Floreffe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Floreffe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Lobbs Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Clares Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Round Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Round Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Elizabeth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #180962 <3>
- Monongahela Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Domanick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gilmore Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Donora.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44920 <3>
- Continue List (436 more) ...
- Calvary Slovak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Slovak Cemetery
- The Calvary Slovak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Slovak Cemetery
- Port Vue Polish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2329388 <3>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sacred Heart Church Cemetery
- Finleyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Floreffe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Floreffe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Floreffe, with the one closest to Floreffe listed first.
- Shire Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shire Oaks is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shire Oaks
- Elizabeth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Elizabeth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Elizabeth is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elizabeth
- West Elizabeth
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wallace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Bunola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bunola is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunola
- Hilldale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hilldale is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Wylie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wylie is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Snowden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snowden is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Huston Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huston Run is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huston Run
- Courtney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Elkhorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Eagle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mendelssohn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Wilson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Floreffe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Floreffe.
Newspapers Published in Floreffe ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Floreffe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Floreffe, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Floreffe.
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 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 Floreffe:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Allegheny County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Indiana County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Floreffe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Floreffe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |