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 Greenwich (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 Greenwich. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Greenwich 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 Greenwich. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwich:
- Cambria County (The home county of Greenwich)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Garmantown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(2 miles [3.2 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
- West Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Spangler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Hastings
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nicktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Elmora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Saint Benedict
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Thomas Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Carrolltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Barnards
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Elderton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rural Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Blanco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Echo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Eddyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- McWilliams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Muff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Highland Fling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Bellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Knob
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Cross Keys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Duncansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Hollidaysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Sylvis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Burnside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Westover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- New Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- McPherron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Newburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Mahaffey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Thompsontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Mayes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Blain City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Irvona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Cherry Tree
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Alverda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Cookport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Pine Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Purchase Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Heilwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Commodore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Hooverhurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Winslow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Punxsutawney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Albion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Oliveburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Panic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Sykesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wishaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Prescottville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Timblin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Coolspring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Tire Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Paint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Seward
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Burrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwich, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwich.
Cemeteries Near Greenwich ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwich.
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 Greenwich - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwich covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Grass Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Uniontown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North End Protestant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. John The Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Barnesboro Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McDowell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Independent Country Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46469 <2>
- Cookport Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Greenwich in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenwich.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwich, with the one closest to Greenwich listed first.
- Spruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spruce is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- West Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Grisemore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Cookport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Pine Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Nicktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Hastings
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Cush Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- Sylvis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Patchinville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Purchase Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Vetera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vetera is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetera
- Carrolltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwich. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwich.
Newspapers Published in Greenwich ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwich.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwich, 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 Greenwich.
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 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 Greenwich:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 Greenwich, 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' (or 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- Greenwich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |