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 Hungry Hollow (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 Hungry Hollow. 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 Hungry Hollow ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hungry Hollow: Hungry Holw. (or less commonly used: Hungry Hlw. or Hungry Hllw.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hungry Hollow. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hungry Hollow.
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 southwest 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 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.
Hungry Hollow is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Hungry Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hungry Hollow:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Hungry Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- Leechburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Apollo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Apollo is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apollo <1>
- North Apollo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Neale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Neale is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Orchard Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Hills is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Aladdin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aladdin is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Spring Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cochrans Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cochrans Mills is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- McVille
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McVille is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnelville was located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Freeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rosston is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Edmon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edmon is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- Sligo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tarentum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cheswick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Leechburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- New Texas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Springdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Leasureville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Ekastown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Dennys Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Saxonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Great Belt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Fenelton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- East Butler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- Nixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- Phillipston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- East Brady
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Catfish
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Rimersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bela
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Leatherwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Fairmont City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Toby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Hawthorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- West Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Clarksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saltsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- White
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Parkwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Shelocta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Aultman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Bow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Shado-Wood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
- Willet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Creekside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Smathers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- Hyde Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Vandergrift
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Weinel Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Oklahoma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Bagdad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- North Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Salina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Burrell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Avonmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Kensington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hungry Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Hungry Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Hungry Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hungry Hollow.
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 Hungry Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hungry Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- Laurel Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leechburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Keppel Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Highfield Lutheran Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Leechburg.
- The Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forks - Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #629382 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vandergrift Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Gertrude Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Porter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boiling Springs Presbyterian Cemetery
- Spring Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1985924 <2>
- Spring Church Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Hungry Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hungry Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hungry Hollow, with the one closest to Hungry Hollow listed first.
- Leechburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vandergrift
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dime
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dime is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dime
- Apollo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Apollo is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apollo <1>
- Paulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paulton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulton
- Neale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Neale is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Bagdad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Spring Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aladdin is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Metcalf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Metcalf is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
- Markle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Markle is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markle
- McVille
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McVille is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cochrans Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cochrans Mills is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Brick Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Church is also located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnelville was located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hungry Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hungry Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Hungry Hollow ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hungry Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hungry Hollow, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hungry Hollow.
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 Hungry Hollow:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hungry Hollow) 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 Hungry Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |