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 Homestead Park (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 Homestead Park. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Homestead Park is located in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Homestead Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Homestead Park:
- Allegheny County (The home county of Homestead Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Homestead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Munhall
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Homestead
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Homestead is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,854 people
- Rankin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Whitaker
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Swissvale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Braddock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Braddock Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Braddock Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,772 people
- Edgewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,983 people
- West Mifflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kennywood Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kennywood Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennywood Park
- Kennywood Park has also been known as:
- Kennywood
- Chalfant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chalfant is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Apollo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leechburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edmon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Aladdin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- North Apollo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Spring Church
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McVille
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Neale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Olivet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Slate Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- South Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Ambridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Economy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Gringo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gringo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
- Aliquippa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Crestmont Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
- New Sheffield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Sheffield is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sheffield
- Wallace City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Conway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Valencia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mars
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Ekastown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Glade Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Fox Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Myoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Monroe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Fernway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fernway is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernway
- Ogle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Callery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Frazier Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lynnwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
- Arnold City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Fairhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairhope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
- Brownstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brownstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Fayette City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Banning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Newell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Whitsett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whitsett is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
- Fuller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Chamouni
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Kenneth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kenneth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Greene County
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- White
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Bow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Clarksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Ellsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Finleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gastonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- McMurray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Eagle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Baidland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
- Black Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Black Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Monongahela
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riverview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Donora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilkeson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilkeson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkeson
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Trafford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Larimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Larimer is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimer
- Murrysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Irwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Shaner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Irwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <1>
- Rillton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shafton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shafton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafton
- Sutersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Herminie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Homestead Park, see our County-by-County Page for Homestead Park.
Cemeteries Near Homestead Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Homestead Park.
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 Homestead Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Homestead Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Hungarian Reformed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Munhall.
- The St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary Homestead Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #209013 <2>
- St. John's Cathedral Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Homestead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Homestead Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Munhall.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45138 <2>
- Anne Ashley Memorial UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Pittsburgh.
- The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44504 <2>
- Homewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
- The West Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greensprings Catholic Cemetery
- Old St. Thomas Cemetery
- Old Whitaker Cemetery
- Tara Hill Cemetery
- Terra Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2422790 <2>
- Braddock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (428 more) ...
- Monongahela Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monongahela Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Monongahela Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Braddock.
- The Monongahela Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Braddock Monongahela Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45445 <2>
- All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Loretto Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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 Homestead Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Homestead Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Homestead Park, with the one closest to Homestead Park listed first.
- Munhall
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Homestead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hays
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hays is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Whitaker
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Swissvale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Glenwood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Bessemer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bessemer is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer
- Braddock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Liberty is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty
- Dravosburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Duquesne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Port Perry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Port Perry is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Perry
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wilkinsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brushton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brushton is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushton
- Homewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Homewood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Homestead Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Homestead Park.
Newspapers Published in Homestead Park ...
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 448 newspapers that have been published in the area around Homestead Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Homestead Park, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Homestead Park.
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 Homestead Park:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Allegheny County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Indiana County
- Washington 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 Homestead Park, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Homestead Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |