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 Gallitzin (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 Gallitzin. 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 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.
Gallitzin is located in Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Gallitzin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gallitzin:
- Cambria County (The home county of Gallitzin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Amsbry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Spindley City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Tunnelhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Ashville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Sankertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Buckhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Cresson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loretto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chest Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Dysart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Munster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Winterset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winterset is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Pavia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Osterburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Waterside
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- New Enterprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Loysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Salemville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clairsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Marble City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Riddlesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Altoona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Canan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Hollidaysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Brooks Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Frankstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Bellwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Glass City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Marengo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Lyleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Blain City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Utahville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Westover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Irvona
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McPherron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Sylvis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Glen Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hegarty Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Ginter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Ramey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Birmingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Water Street
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Entriken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Alexandria
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hesston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pennington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- McConnellstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Huntingdon Furnace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Salter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Alverda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Rexis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Heilwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Cherry Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Wehrum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Kenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Pine Flats
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Nolo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Cookport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Hillsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Dilltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Ogletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Paint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Benson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Davidsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollsopple
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Central City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Seward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Robb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gallitzin, see our County-by-County Page for Gallitzin.
Cemeteries Near Gallitzin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gallitzin.
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 Gallitzin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gallitzin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bennington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Loretto.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46182 <2>
- Blacks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson Cemetery
- The Hutchinson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Guildford Cemetery
- McGarvey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45167 <2>
- St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (290 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Gallitzin had a population of 2,392 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Gallitzin had a population of 1,514 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gallitzin, with the one closest to Gallitzin listed first.
- Elstie
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Elstie is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstie
- Amsbry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Wildwood Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Summit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Ashville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cresson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loretto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucket
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lucket is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucket
- Chest Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Noel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Noel is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Munster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wopsononock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wopsononock is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wopsononock
- Condron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Condron is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condron
- Dysart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gallitzin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gallitzin.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Gallitzin ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gallitzin.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Gallitzin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Gallitzin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Gallitzin.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> of Gallitzin.
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 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 Gallitzin:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Gallitzin, 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- Gallitzin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |