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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 Leidy (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 Leidy. 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.

Leidy is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter & Union.

Below are the counties that are near Leidy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leidy:

  • Clinton County     (The home county of Leidy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Hammersley Fork
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
    • Bitumen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Bitumen is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitumen
    • Cooks Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Cooks Run is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Run
    • Westport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Keating
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Keating is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
    • Renovo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • South Renovo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • South Renovo is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Renovo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Farwell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Farwell is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
    • North Bend
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Beech Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Farrandsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Farrandsville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandsville
    • Swissdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Swissdale is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissdale
  • Cameron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Wyside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wyside is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
    • Driftwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Huntley is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
    • Cameron
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Cameron is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
    • Mix Run
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Mix Run is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run
    • Emporium
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Weber City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Weber City is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
    • Beechwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Beechwood is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
  • Centre County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Pine Glen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Pine Glen is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
    • Poorman Side
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Poorman Side is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorman Side
    • Monument
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Monument is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
    • Clarence
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pancake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Pancake is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
    • Moshannon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Moshannon is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
    • Snow Shoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Romola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Romola is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romola
    • Blanchard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Blanchard is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
    • Howard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clearfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Pottersdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
    • Keewaydin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
  • Elk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Dents Run
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Dents Run is located in Elk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
    • Grant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Grant is located in Elk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Benezette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Caledonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Caledonia is located in Elk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Lycoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Hilborn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hilborn is located in Lycoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilborn
    • Jersey Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • English Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • English Mills is located in Lycoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Mills
    • Carsontown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Carsontown is located in Lycoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsontown
  • McKean County
    • Gardeau
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gardeau is located in McKean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardeau
  • Potter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Austin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • New Bergen ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • New Bergen is located in Potter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bergen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
    • Ayers Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ayers Hill is located in Potter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Hill
    • Inez
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Inez is located in Potter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
    • Sweden Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Sweden Valley is located in Potter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Valley
    • Coudersport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Galeton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Roulette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Brookland is located in Potter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookland
  • Tioga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.
    • Blackwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Blackwell is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
    • Manhattan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Manhattan is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
    • Pine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leidy, see our County-by-County Page for Leidy.

Cemeteries Near Leidy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leidy.

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 Leidy - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leidy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.

  • McCoy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • New Maple Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Summerson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilmore Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Noyes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Robbins Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Shintown Methodist Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wharton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • Brooks Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Grove Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<3>

While we didn't find Leidy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leidy.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Leidy, with the one closest to Leidy listed first.

  • Hammersley Fork
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
  • Bitumen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bitumen is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitumen
  • Cross Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • First Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • First Fork is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Fork
  • Cooks Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cooks Run is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Run
  • Westport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Shintown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Shintown is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shintown
  • Wyside
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wyside is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
  • Keating
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Keating is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Renovo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wharton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wharton is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
  • Logue
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Logue is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logue
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Driftwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Huntley is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
    • North Bend
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leidy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leidy.

Newspapers Published in Leidy ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leidy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leidy, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leidy.

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 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 Leidy:

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>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 Leidy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leidy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.