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 Hooverville (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 Hooverville. 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.
Hooverville is located in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Hooverville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hooverville:
- Westmoreland County (The home county of Hooverville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Seward
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Robb
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Derry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Derry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
- New Derry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Laughlintown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
- Ligonier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Olivet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Elderton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edmon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Spring Church
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- North Apollo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Barnards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Blanco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Rural Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Apollo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Pavia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Pleasantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- New Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Blue Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Cotton Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Wilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vintondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Brownstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Lilly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Westmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Conemaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- East Conemaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Conemaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Southmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Southmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Daisytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daisytown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Sylvis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Burnside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Champion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Rocks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Laurelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Seven Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Armagh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dilltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wehrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Heshbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Robinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Littletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Rexis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Coral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graceton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Josephine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Palmertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waterman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waterman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Tire Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Benson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Paint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Jennerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Laurel Mountain Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jenners Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Jenners
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jenners is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hooverville, see our County-by-County Page for Hooverville.
Cemeteries Near Hooverville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hooverville.
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 Hooverville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hooverville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Armagh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Legat Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conrad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hungarian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Rochus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Rochus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Rochus Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Johnstown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46252 <3>
- Continue List (206 more) ...
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculate Conception Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immaculate Conception Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Johnstown.
- The Immaculate Conception Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46157 <3>
- St. Columbas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Columbas Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Columbas Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Johnstown.
- The St. Columbas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lower Yoda Cemetery
- Lower Yoder Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46014 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hooverville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hooverville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hooverville, with the one closest to Hooverville listed first.
- Seward
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cramer
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cramer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
- Armagh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Florence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Wilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dilltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lockport is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Heshbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Lilly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Brush Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brush Valley is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Valley
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hooverville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hooverville.
Newspapers Published in Hooverville ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hooverville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hooverville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hooverville.
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 Hooverville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Westmoreland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Clearfield County
- Fayette County
- Indiana 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hooverville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Hooverville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |