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 Green Briar (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 Green Briar. 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 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.
Green Briar 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 Green Briar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Briar:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Green Briar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Schoffner Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Munderf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Brockway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Allens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Hazen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Crenshaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Sigel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Red Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Howe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Falls Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brookville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Millville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- McWilliams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- South Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Cameron County
- Beechwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Cooksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Day
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Leeper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Waterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Crates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Strattanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Newmansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Frogtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Arthurs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Clarion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Treasure Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- DuBois
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stanley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Winterburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winterburn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterburn
- Helvetia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Tyler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Troutville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Luthersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Laborde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Grampian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hallton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Millstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Horton City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Brockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Challenge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Ridgway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Kylers Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Dagus Mines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Russell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Johnsonburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Clarington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Redclyffe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Marienville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Gilfoyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Iron City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Sheffield Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Balltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Tionesta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Rossiter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Kane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kanesholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kanesholm is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesholm
- Coontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coontown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
- Hutchins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hutchins is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
- Freeman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Henrys Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Donaldson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hoover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Barnes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Sheffield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Roystone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
- Hermit Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Saybrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Briar, see our County-by-County Page for Green Briar.
Cemeteries Near Green Briar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Briar.
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 Green Briar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Briar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Munderf Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maxwell Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moorhead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Tobias Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beechwoods Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Butler Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (97 more) ...
- Brockport Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Green Briar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Briar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Briar, with the one closest to Green Briar listed first.
- Schoffner Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Munderf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Sugar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Hallton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Arroyo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arroyo is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo
- Carman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carman is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carman
- Portland Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Portland Mills is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Mills
- Richardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richardsville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Warsaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Millstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hazen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Allens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allens Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Coal Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Glen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Glen
- Beechtree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beechtree is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechtree
- Crenshaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Briar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Briar.
Newspapers Published in Green Briar ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Briar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Briar, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Briar.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Green Briar:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cameron County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- McKean County
- Warren 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 Green Briar, 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 from Point A (ie- Green Briar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |