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 Harris Acres (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 Harris Acres. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Harris Acres is located in Centre 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 Centre County: Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Harris Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harris Acres:
- Centre County (The home county of Harris Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Panorama Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Boalsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- State College
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Houserville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Houserville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
- Linden Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Krumrine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Bloomsdorf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Pine Grove Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park Forest Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Scotia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Fruittown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Fairbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Tyrone Forge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Tyrone
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grazierville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Culp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Covedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bellwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Point View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Chester Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Kylertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Wallaceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Parsonsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Keewaydin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
- Brisbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Pottersdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
- Ginter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Houtzdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Abdera
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abdera is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
- Lamar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tylersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Cedar Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Salona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Beech Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenburr
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Mill Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rote
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Flemington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flemington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Ennisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Neffs Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Dungarvin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Donation
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Seven Stars
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Huntingdon Furnace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Huntingdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Water Street
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Mill Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Doyles Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Mifflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Peru Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Old Port
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McAlisterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- East Rutherford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Milroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Belleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kishacoquillas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Menno
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Lumber City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Reedsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Yeagertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burnham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Lewistown Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lewistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Bannerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Cherry Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Pardee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harris Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Harris Acres.
Cemeteries Near Harris Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harris Acres.
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 Harris Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harris Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Slab Cabin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Centre County Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of State College.
- The Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1885601 <2>
- Benner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meyer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rudy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bennett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenlee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Campbell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ennisville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- McAlevys Fort Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McAlevys Fort United Presbyterian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Furnace 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 Harris Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harris Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harris Acres, with the one closest to Harris Acres listed first.
- Boalsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Houserville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Houserville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
- Linden Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Krumrine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Pine Grove Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dale Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dale Summit is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
- Fillmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Fairbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Tusseyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tusseyville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusseyville
- Pleasant Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waddle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waddle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle
- Centre Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Axemann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Axemann is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
- Julian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Run is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harris Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harris Acres.
Newspapers Published in Harris Acres ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harris Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harris Acres, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harris Acres.
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 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 Harris Acres:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Centre County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Clinton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Snyder County
- Union 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 Harris Acres, 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- Harris Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |