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 Lonely Acres (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 Lonely Acres. 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 and doctors 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.
Lonely Acres is located in Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Lonely Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lonely Acres:
- Cambria County (The home county of Lonely Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Carrolltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Winterset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Chest Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Elmora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Ebensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Loretto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Benedict
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Revloc
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Revloc is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revloc
- Patton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Munster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Beula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beula is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beula
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Pavia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Osterburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Maria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Pleasantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Waterside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- New Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Salemville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Highland Fling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blue Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Canan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Hollidaysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Bellwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Sylvis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- McPherron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Coalport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Blain City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Rosebud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Irvona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Utahville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Burnside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- New Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Thompsontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Water Street
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Marklesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Pennington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Entriken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Alverda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Heilwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Rexis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Cherry Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Kenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Pine Flats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Nolo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Wehrum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Cookport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Suncliff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Winslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Punxsutawney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Paint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Ogletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Davidsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Blough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Jerome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Forward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hooversville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Seward
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lonely Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Lonely Acres.
Cemeteries Near Lonely Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lonely Acres.
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 Lonely Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lonely Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Loretto.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46182 <2>
- Holy Name Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Lonely Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lonely Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lonely Acres, with the one closest to Lonely Acres listed first.
- Carrolltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ebensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Noel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Kaylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Loretto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chest Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Vetera
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vetera is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetera
- Wildwood Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Pindleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Munster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Patton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lucket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lucket is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucket
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Amsbry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Ashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Augustine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lonely Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lonely Acres.
Newspapers Published in Lonely Acres ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lonely Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lonely Acres, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lonely Acres.
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 Lonely Acres:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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 Lonely Acres, 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- Lonely Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |