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 Harmony (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 Harmony. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Harmony is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Harmony. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harmony:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Harmony)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Sylvis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- New Washington
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Burnside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Westover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Newburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- McPherron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Thompsontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Mahaffey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mayes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Bower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Cherry Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Irvona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Curry Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Barnards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Atwood
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bryan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- McWilliams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Eddyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Rural Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Highland Fling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Altoona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Canan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Cross Keys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Tyrone Forge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Culp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Duncansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Hastings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barnesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- West Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Thomas Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Garmantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Northern Cambria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- Spangler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Patton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Benedict
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Flinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carrolltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elmora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Nicktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- New Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Glass City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Birmingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Pennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Urey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Hooverhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Cherry Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Hillsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Johnsonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Purchase Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Cookport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Alverda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Commodore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Pine Flats
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Winslow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Sykesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Panic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Wishaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Oliveburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Prescottville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Reynoldsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pancoast
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Falls Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coolspring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Westmoreland County
- Seward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harmony, see our County-by-County Page for Harmony.
Cemeteries Near Harmony ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harmony.
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 Harmony - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harmony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Dunkard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- LaJose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunderland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mahaffey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Uniontown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Urey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- North Barnesboro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North End Protestant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. John The Baptist 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>
While we didn't find Harmony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harmony.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Sylvis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Patchinville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Westover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- New Washington
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Burnside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Newburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- McPherron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Glen Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Ostend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ostend is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostend
- Mahaffey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Urey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Cush Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- McGees Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McGees Mills is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGees Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harmony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harmony.
Newspapers Published in Harmony ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harmony.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harmony, 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 Harmony.
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 Harmony:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Huntingdon 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 Harmony, 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 from Point A (ie- Harmony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |