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 Houseville (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 Houseville. 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.
Houseville is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Houseville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Houseville:
- Butler County (The home county of Houseville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Frazier Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Saxonburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ekastown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Glade Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Great Belt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Dennys Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Nixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Leasureville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brownsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Oak Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- McCalmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Culmerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Russellton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rural Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brackenridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Karns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Sligo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Tarentum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indianola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wildwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Aladdin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Shadyside Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- McVille
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Worthington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Neale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- West Ford City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Laird Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Leechburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Walkchalk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Dog Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dog Town is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Economy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Knob
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Baden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goehring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Barrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Conway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Lillyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Monaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aliquippa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- East Brady
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Bela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Lawsonham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Rimersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- West Freedom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Foxburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- West Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Clarksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saltsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Shelocta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Ellport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Grant City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Energy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Harlansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Altman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Wampum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Beaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- East Moravia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- North Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Courtneys Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Swamproot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Venango County
- Eakin Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Kensington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bagdad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Lower Burrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Weinel Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- West Leechburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Hyde Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- North Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Houseville, see our County-by-County Page for Houseville.
Cemeteries Near Houseville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Houseville.
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 Houseville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Houseville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Middlesex Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pape Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Creek United Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bull Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Unity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Unity Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Curtisville.
- The Pleasant Unity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Unity United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222486 <2>
- Millerstown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Bakerstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Nichols Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Houseville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Houseville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Houseville, with the one closest to Houseville listed first.
- Saxonburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ekastown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Jefferson Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Center
- Sarversville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sarversville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarversville
- Glade Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Culmerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Sarver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Sandy Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Great Belt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Bakerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leasureville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brinker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brinker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinker
- Brownsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Houseville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houseville.
Newspapers Published in Houseville ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Houseville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Houseville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Houseville.
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 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 Houseville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Houseville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Houseville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |