Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Johnsonburg during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Johnsonburg was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
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 Johnsonburg (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 Johnsonburg. 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.
Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Johnsonburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnsonburg:
- Indiana County (The home county of Johnsonburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Rossiter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossiter
- Rossiter is located in Indiana County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rossiter <2>
- Urey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Hooverhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Glen Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Campbell
- Glen Campbell is located in Indiana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Campbell <2>
- Rochester Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Savan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Marchand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Hillsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Purchase Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Mottarns Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Trade City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trade City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Cherry Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Georgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Barnards
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Dayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Armstrong County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <2>
- Atwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Eddyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Echo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Millville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Putneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Rural Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Valley
- Rural Valley is located in Armstrong County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rural Valley <2>
- Muff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Yatesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- South Bethlehem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bethlehem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Blanco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Deanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Highland Fling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Highland Fling
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Garmantown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Barnesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Northern Cambria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northern Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Spangler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Hastings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hastings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Hastings is located in Cambria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hastings <2>
- Nicktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Saint Benedict
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Benedict have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Thomas Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Elmora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Patton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Patton is located in Cambria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patton <2>
- Carrolltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolltown
- Carrolltown is located in Cambria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrolltown <2>
- Flinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flinton
- Flinton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flinton <2>
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Hawthorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawthorn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn
- Hawthorn is located in Clarion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawthorn <2>
- Fairmont City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Fairmont City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairmont City <2>
- Crates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - New Bethlehem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethlehem
- New Bethlehem is located in Clarion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Bethlehem <2>
- Frogtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Brinkerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brinkerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Leatherwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leatherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Waterson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Mechanicsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Burnside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Mahaffey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahaffey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaffey
- Mahaffey is located in Clearfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mahaffey <2>
- Newburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Troutville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- New Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Curry Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Cherry Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Stanley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Helvetia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Sylvis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Thompsontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompsontown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Luthersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthersburg
- Luthersburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luthersburg <2>
- Westover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Brockport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockport
- Brockport is located in Elk County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockport <2>
- Shawmut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Challenge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Horton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horton City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Winslow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Albion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Punxsutawney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punxsutawney
- Punxsutawney is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,665 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Punxsutawney <2>
- Panic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Wishaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Sykesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sykesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykesville
- Sykesville is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sykesville <2>
- Reynoldsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Reynoldsville is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,625 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynoldsville <2>
- Green Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Fuller
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Coolspring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Coolspring is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolspring <2>
- Timblin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Pancoast
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Sandy Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnsonburg, see our County-by-County Page for Johnsonburg.
Newspapers Published in Johnsonburg ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnsonburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnsonburg, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnsonburg.
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 Johnsonburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Pennsylvania State Archives
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Blair County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cambria County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clarion County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clearfield County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Elk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jefferson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lawrence County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Armstrong County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Pennsylvania
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Pennsylvania
- Cemeteries of Indiana County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Pennsylvania
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Pennsylvania
- Cemeteries of Indiana County
Cemeteries Near Johnsonburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnsonburg.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnsonburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Pearce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pearce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pearce Cemetery
- Urey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Urey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Urey Cemetery
- Frye Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frye Cemetery
- Bowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowers Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lawn Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- Sunderland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunderland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunderland Cemetery
- McClure Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McClure Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McClure Cemetery
- Circle Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Circle Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Circle Hill Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
- Ridgemont Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridgemont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridgemont Cemetery
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Punxsutawney.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966411 <5>
- Marchand Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marchand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Marchand.
- The Marchand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mahoning Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marchand Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969616 <5>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Johnsonburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnsonburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnsonburg, with the one closest to Johnsonburg listed first.
- Flora
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Hillman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Elbell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Winslow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Urey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Sidney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Bells Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bells Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Mills
- Bells Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Big Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Glen Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Campbell
- Glen Campbell is located in Indiana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Campbell <2>
- Burnside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - McGees Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGees Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGees Mills
- McGees Mills is located in Clearfield County
- Punxsutawney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punxsutawney
- Punxsutawney is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,665 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Punxsutawney <2>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Marchand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Rochester Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Cush Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cush Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Marchand
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnsonburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnsonburg.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Indiana County: www.countyofindiana.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Johnsonburg and then turned east". While Johnsonburg could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Johnsonburg as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Johnsonburg could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Johnsonburg: This one is located in Indiana County and the other is located in Elk County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Johnsonburg. |
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| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Johnsonburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnsonburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8862, Longitude: -78.8778 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsonburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Johnsonburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |