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 Iron Bridge (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 Iron Bridge. 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 Iron Bridge ...
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 Iron Bridge: Iron Brg. (or less commonly used: Iron Brdg. or Iron Brdge.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Iron Bridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Iron Bridge.
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.
Iron Bridge is primarily located in Westmoreland County. A portion of Iron Bridge extends into Fayette 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 Iron Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iron Bridge:
- Westmoreland County (The home county of Iron Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- West Overton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alverton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alverton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverton
- Scottdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkeye
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Mount Joy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Kecksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Calumet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- United
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- United is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
- Hunker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Stanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Youngwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Sunny Side
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Boston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Versailles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Versailles is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
- Clairton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- West Elizabeth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East McKeesport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McKeesport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Armstrong County
- Edmon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- Everson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Laurelville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Bear Rocks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- White
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Connellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickerson Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickerson Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Run
- South Connellsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rogerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
- Vanderbilt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sitka is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Leisenring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leisenring is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisenring
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- Stringtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Nemacolin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Cumberland Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Rices Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carmichaels
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Clarksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ceylon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Chartiers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Greensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Khedive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- Bow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- White
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Blairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Clarksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- Bakersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Draketown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- New Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Lexington is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Laurel Mountain Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lavansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lavansville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavansville
- Roytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Roytown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
- New Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Centerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Confluence
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Husband
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Husband is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Husband
- Sipesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sipesville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipesville
- Casselman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Casselman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casselman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Markleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- Donora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allenport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dunlevy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roscoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
- Speers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Speers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Twilight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Blainsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- California
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Charleroi
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coal Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elco
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Long Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Long Branch is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Preston County (WV)
- Clifton Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iron Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Iron Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Iron Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iron Bridge.
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 Iron Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iron Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- Fairview Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Lick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Polish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scottdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Trinity Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Connellsville.
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993674 <2>
- St. Emery's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Emery's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Emery's Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Connellsville.
- The St. Emery's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Emery Cemetery
- St. Emery New Cemetery
- St. Emerys Cemetery
- St. Emory Cemetery
- St. Emory New Cemetery
- St. Emorys Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46020 <2>
- Continue List (320 more) ...
- Cochran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Ritas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ritas Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ritas Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Connellsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46251 <2>
- Hill Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Iron Bridge had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iron Bridge, with the one closest to Iron Bridge listed first.
- West Overton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Scottdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Everson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Morewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morewood is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Owensdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owensdale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensdale
- Pennsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pennsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Laurelville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Moyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moyer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyer
- Tarrs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Broad Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Broad Ford is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Ford
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Southwest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Southwest is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Ruffs Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Adelaide
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adelaide is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iron Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iron Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Iron Bridge ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iron Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iron Bridge, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iron Bridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Iron Bridge:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Westmoreland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Washington County
- Preston 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Iron Bridge) 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 Iron Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |