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 Little Chicago (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 Little Chicago. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Little Chicago is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Fayette, Washington, Marshall (WV), Monongalia (WV) & Wetzel (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Little Chicago. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Chicago:
- Greene County (The home county of Little Chicago)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Fairdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Ceylon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Carmichaels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Nemacolin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Stringtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Khedive
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Greensboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rices Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fordyce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Dilliner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Chartiers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Sunny Side
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Jefferson Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
- Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
- Jefferson
- Library
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Clairton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mendelssohn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Masontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Adah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adah
- Fayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Hoover
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hoover is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- McClellandtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Puritan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Puritan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Isabella
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Isabella is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- New Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Woodside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Arensburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arensburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arensburg
- Atlantic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Heistersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Buffington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buffington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deemston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Blainsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- West Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Daisytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beallsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Marianna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- California
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coal Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Gibsonton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Webster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Smithton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Scottdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Sutersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alverton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alverton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverton
- Iron Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- West Overton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Wyano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
- Marion County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Hoodsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Pleasant View
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Grant Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Mount Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Rivesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Barrackville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Fairmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palatine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palatine is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatine
- Katy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Katy is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Garden Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Garden Village is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall County (WV)
- Rocklick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Bowlby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Baker Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Canyon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Star City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Cassville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Granville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Osage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Cheat Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Morgantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Westover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Laurel Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Laurel Point is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Point
- Blacksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Bruceton Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Rockville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Masontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brandonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Little Sandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Reedsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arthurdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Gladesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Lenox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Threefork Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Threefork Bridge is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threefork Bridge
- Wetzel County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Round Bottom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Hundred
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Chicago, see our County-by-County Page for Little Chicago.
Cemeteries Near Little Chicago ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Chicago.
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 Little Chicago - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Chicago covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Mundell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Laurel Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hanna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Horner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keener Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Monongahela Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ache Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Dale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hewitts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Williamson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Little Chicago in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Chicago.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Chicago, with the one closest to Little Chicago listed first.
- Paisley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Paisley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Ceylon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Carmichaels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mapletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mapletown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapletown
- Fayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Masontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Adah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adah
- Khedive
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Wiley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wiley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- New Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- McClellandtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Riverside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Riverside
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rices Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Frame
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Frame is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frame
- Woodside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Chicago. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Chicago.
Newspapers Published in Little Chicago ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Chicago.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Chicago, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Chicago.
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 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 Little Chicago:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Preston County
- Wetzel 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> | 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 Little Chicago, 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- Little Chicago) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |