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 Hamilton (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 Hamilton. 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 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.
Hamilton 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 Hamilton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamilton:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Hamilton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Valier
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Punxsutawney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oliveburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Timblin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Albion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Worthville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Coolspring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pansy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Green Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Langville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Winslow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Panic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McWilliams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Barnards
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Eddyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Bryan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Putneyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Millville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Echo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Muff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Rural Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethlehem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Atwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Garmantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- West Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Northern Cambria
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Nicktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Spangler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Hastings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Elmora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Thomas Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Carrolltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Hawthorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmont City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethlehem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Brinkerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Frogtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Leatherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Piolett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Day
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Mechanicsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Lawsonham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Troutville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Stanley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Burnside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mahaffey
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Helvetia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- New Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Luthersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Bower
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Curry Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Newburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- DuBois
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Millstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Brockport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Forest County
- Clarington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Trade City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Marchand
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Georgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mottarns Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Smicksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rossiter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elkin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Rochester Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Johnsonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Ambrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Marion Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hamilton, see our County-by-County Page for Hamilton.
Cemeteries Near Hamilton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamilton.
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 Hamilton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamilton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- White Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Perry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Round Top Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Punxsutawney.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966411 <2>
- Marchand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marchand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Marchand.
- The Marchand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mahoning Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969616 <2>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smicksburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coolspring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Anita Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton Glad Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Hamilton had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Valier
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- North Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Point is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point
- Trade City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Horatio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Horatio is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
- Frostburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Loop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Loop is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
- Covode
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Covode is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covode
- Porter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Porter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Sprankle Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sprankle Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprankle Mills
- Marchand
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Punxsutawney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walston
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Oliveburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Dora
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dora is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Georgeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hamilton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamilton.
Newspapers Published in Hamilton ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamilton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamilton, 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 Hamilton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Hamilton:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence 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 Hamilton, 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 from Point A (ie- Hamilton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |