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 Hickory Hill (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 Hickory Hill. 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.
Hickory Hill is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Hickory Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Hill:
- Bedford County (The home county of Hickory Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Riddlesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Langdondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Saxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marble City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Woodbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Yellow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Loysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waterside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Graceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Clover Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Martinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beavertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- East Sharpsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Roaring Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Shellytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Claysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Royer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Brooks Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Newry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Puritan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Bens Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Tunnelhill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cresson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Scarlan Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Sonman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Spring Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Beaverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Buckhorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Dunlo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Cowans Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Metal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Freestone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Dry Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Fort Loudon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Newbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Cove Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Dickey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Keefers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Markes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Markes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markes
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Waterfall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Clear Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Laidig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Akersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Fort Littleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Crystal Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Burnt Cabins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Knobsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Emmaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Middletown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Coalmont
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Dudley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Broad Top City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Robertsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Cooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Salter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Joller ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Kimmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Todd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Coles ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Peru Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Kistler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Somerset County
- Ogletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Hill.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Hill.
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 Hickory Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Duvalls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evans Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Colmont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Granview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ave Maria Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoat Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Broad Top IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Robertsdale Italian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Phillips Memorial
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Hickory Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hickory Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
- Coalmont
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Riddlesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Defiance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Defiance is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Dudley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Kearney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kearney is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Saxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robertsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Woodbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Yellow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Wells Tannery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Cooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Trough Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trough Creek is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek
- Salter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Loysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Hill.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Hill ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Hill.
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 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 Hickory Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Hickory Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hickory Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |