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 Greenville (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 Greenville. 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.
Greenville 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 Greenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenville:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Greenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Bradys Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
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- Kaylor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
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- Queenstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
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- Wattersonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Fredericksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Cowansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Laird Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
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- Tidal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Worthington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frenchs Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Parker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Sligo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
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- Culmerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Natrona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Curtisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Brackenridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tarentum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Russellton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gibsonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Indianola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Kepples Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Karns City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Chicora
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Millerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Fenelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Saint Joe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- North Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Greece City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- Hooker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- East Brady
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
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- Bela
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Lawsonham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Rimersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- West Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Callensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Foxburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sligo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Curllsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Smicksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Plumville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Shelocta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- West Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Elkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Georgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Trade City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
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- Parkwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
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- Ambrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Langville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Summerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Ohl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Worthville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Timblin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Corsica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Baxter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Coolspring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Grant City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Harlansburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Rose Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Courtneys Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Swamproot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
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- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- North Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
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- Kilgore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
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- Perrys Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Emlenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clintonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Saint George
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
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- Nectarine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Barkeyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
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- Coal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
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- Fertigs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
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- Pearl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Cranberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
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- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Bagdad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Hyde Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Weinel Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- East Vandergrift
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lower Burrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Arnold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Kensington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Parnassus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- North Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenville, see our County-by-County Page for Greenville.
Cemeteries Near Greenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenville.
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 Greenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- St. Eusebius Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shakley Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brush Valley Brethren Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Worthington Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Croyle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lawnhaven Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Greenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Adams
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Adams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- East Brady
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Bradys Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Kaylor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Fosters Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fosters Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Mills
- Sherrett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrett is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrett
- Sarah Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah Furnace
- Queenstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Catfish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Rattigan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rattigan is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattigan
- Cowansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Upper Hillville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Upper Hillville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Hillville
- Petrolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Karns City
(5 miles [8 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 Greenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenville.
Newspapers Published in Greenville ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenville, 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 Greenville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Greenville:
- 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
- Mercer County
- Venango 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 Greenville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |