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 Hicks Run (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 Hicks Run. 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.
Name Variations for Hicks Run ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Hicks Run, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hicks Run may originally have been Hick's Run.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hicks Run might be written as Hick Run.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hicks Run is located in Cameron 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 Cameron County: Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean & Potter.
Below are the counties that are near Hicks Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hicks Run:
- Cameron County (The home county of Hicks Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Mix Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mix Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run
- Huntley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huntley is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Driftwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cameron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Wyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wyside is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
- Weber City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Weber City is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Emporium
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beechwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Pine Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Glen is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Moshannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Clarence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poorman Side
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poorman Side is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorman Side
- Pancake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pancake is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
- Snow Shoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Casanova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Pottersdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
- Tyler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tyler is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Keewaydin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Winterburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winterburn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterburn
- Mount Joy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Plymptonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plymptonville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymptonville
- Barrett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barrett is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Kylertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woodland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clearfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Hammersley Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
- Keating
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Keating is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Bitumen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bitumen is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitumen
- Cooks Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cooks Run is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Run
- Westport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Renovo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Renovo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Renovo is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Renovo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Farwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Farwell is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
- North Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Dents Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dents Run is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Benezette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Byrnedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Scattertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Saint Marys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dagus Mines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Kylers Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Instanter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Instanter is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Instanter
- Challenge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Johnsonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,264 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Crenshaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Brockway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McKean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Gardeau
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gardeau is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardeau
- Clermont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clermont is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Crosby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crosby is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
- Hutchins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchins is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
- Potter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Austin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Inez
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Roulette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ayers Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Hill
- Coudersport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sweden Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sweden Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hicks Run, see our County-by-County Page for Hicks Run.
Cemeteries Near Hicks Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hicks Run.
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 Hicks Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hicks Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Hicks Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mix Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wyle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine St. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Newton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gray Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Gilmore Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the northeast of Byrnedale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2135193 <3>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Hicks Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hicks Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hicks Run, with the one closest to Hicks Run listed first.
- Dents Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dents Run is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
- Mix Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mix Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Huntley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huntley is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Sterling Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Run
- Driftwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cameron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Benezette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wyside is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
- Emporium
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Truman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Truman is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- First Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- First Fork is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Fork
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Beechwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beechwood is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Rathbun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rathbun is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hicks Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hicks Run.
Newspapers Published in Hicks Run ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hicks Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hicks Run, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hicks Run.
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 Hicks Run:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cameron County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Clinton County
- Elk County
- Jefferson County
- McKean County
- Potter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hicks Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Hicks Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |