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 Knox Dale (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 Knox Dale. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Knox Dale is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest & Indiana.
Below are the counties that are near Knox Dale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knox Dale:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Knox Dale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Green Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Fuller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Coolspring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brookville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Panic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Oliveburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Wishaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Reynoldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Baxter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Pansy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Ohl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- McWilliams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Millville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Eddyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- South Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Dayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Deanville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Muff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Bryan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Echo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Dee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Cambria County
- Garmantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Crates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Hawthorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Day
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Waterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waterson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterson
- Frogtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Fairmont City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- New Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Strattanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Cooksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Stanley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Helvetia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Sandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Troutville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- DuBois
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Luthersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Laborde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Laborde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborde
- Rockton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Mahaffey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bower
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Burnside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Millstone
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Brockport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shawmut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Horton City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Hallton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Challenge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Kylers Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Ridgway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dagus Mines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Scattertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Whistletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Clarington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Marienville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Roses
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Rossiter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Trade City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Marchand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Johnsonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Georgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Mottarns Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Rochester Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Savan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Smicksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elkin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Urey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Glen Campbell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knox Dale, see our County-by-County Page for Knox Dale.
Cemeteries Near Knox Dale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knox Dale.
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 Knox Dale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knox Dale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Knoxdale Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coolspring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coolspring Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Coolspring.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Butler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Anita Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Adrian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lakelawn Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Conifer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beulah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Reynoldsville.
- The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1111986 <2>
- Continue List (140 more) ...
- Carrier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carrier Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Summerville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44528 <2>
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Perry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Knox Dale had a population of 167 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knox Dale, with the one closest to Knox Dale listed first.
- Fuller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fuller is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Emerickville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emerickville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerickville
- Coolspring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- McGarey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McGarey is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarey
- Panic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Brookville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Anita
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anita is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Coder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coder is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coder
- Content
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Content is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Content
- Pansy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Worthville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Timblin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Sprankle Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sprankle Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprankle Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knox Dale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knox Dale.
Newspapers Published in Knox Dale ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knox Dale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knox Dale, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knox Dale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Knox Dale:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence 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' (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- Knox Dale) 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 Knox Dale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |