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 Frostburg (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 Frostburg. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Frostburg 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 Frostburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frostburg:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Frostburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Oliveburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Valier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Punxsutawney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Timblin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Green Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Panic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Coolspring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Winslow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Langville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- McWilliams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Dayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eddyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Barnards
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Millville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Putneyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Bryan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Muff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- South Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Echo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Atwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Rural Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Garmantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- West Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Northern Cambria
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Spangler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Hastings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Saint Benedict
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Thomas Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Elmora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Carrolltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Hawthorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairmont City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- New Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Brinkerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Day
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Leatherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Piolett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Mechanicsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Strattanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Troutville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Helvetia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Stanley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Burnside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Luthersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mahaffey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- DuBois
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bower
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Curry Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- New Washington
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Laborde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Brockport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- 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
- Shawmut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Challenge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Hallton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Clarington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Trade City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Marchand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Rossiter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mottarns Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Georgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Johnsonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Rochester Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Smicksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Ambrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Marion Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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 Frostburg, see our County-by-County Page for Frostburg.
Cemeteries Near Frostburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frostburg.
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 Frostburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frostburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Anita Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Round Top Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgemont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- Coolspring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
- Marchand Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Pearce Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Frostburg had a population of 97 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frostburg, with the one closest to Frostburg listed first.
- Oliveburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Horatio
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Horatio is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
- Walston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walston
- Hamilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Valier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Punxsutawney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian Mines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Adrian Mines is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian Mines
- Anita
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Sprankle Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sprankle Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprankle Mills
- Covode
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Covode is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covode
- Bells Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bells Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Mills
- Timblin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- North Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Point is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point
- Trade City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Coolspring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frostburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frostburg.
Newspapers Published in Frostburg ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frostburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frostburg, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frostburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Frostburg:
- 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 Frostburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Frostburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |