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 Greendale (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 Greendale. 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.
Greendale is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Greendale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greendale:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Greendale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Yatesboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Oscar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Blanco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Rural Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Whitesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Bryan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Muff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Elderton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Atwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Applewold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Applewold is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Dog Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dog Town is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Sligo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Harwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Rural Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russellton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Leasureville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Fenelton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Kepples Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Chicora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Karns City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Ekastown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Great Belt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Saint Joe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Herman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- New Bethlehem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairmont City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Hawthorn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Phillipston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- East Brady
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Rimersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Catfish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Brinkerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Bela
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Beyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Willet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Plumville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Smicksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shelocta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Parkwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Chambersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Creekside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Ambrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Elkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Kimmel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmel is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Langville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Timblin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Valier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Worthville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Pansy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Coolspring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Oliveburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Punxsutawney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Baxter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Hyde Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Bagdad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- East Vandergrift
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Weinel Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Avonmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Salina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Livermore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Lower Burrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greendale, see our County-by-County Page for Greendale.
Cemeteries Near Greendale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greendale.
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 Greendale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greendale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Mateer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kittanning Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shotts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cochran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wick City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #478503 <2>
- Ukrainian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shaeffer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Croyle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Greendale had a population of 91 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greendale, with the one closest to Greendale listed first.
- Blanco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- West Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Valley is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Valley
- Blanket Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanket Hill is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
- Rural Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Bryan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Muff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Mosgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mosgrove is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosgrove
- Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Top is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top
- Elderton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Atwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Belknap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belknap is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Goheenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goheenville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goheenville
- Gosford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gosford is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greendale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greendale.
Newspapers Published in Greendale ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greendale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greendale, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greendale.
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 Greendale:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 Greendale, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greendale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |