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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 Longs Crossroad (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 Longs Crossroad. 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.
Name Variations for Longs Crossroad ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Longs Crossroad: Longs Xrd.
- While the name of this community is Longs Crossroad, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Longs Crossroad may originally have been Long's Crossroad.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Longs Crossroad might be written as Long Crossroad.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Longs Crossroad 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 Longs Crossroad. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Longs Crossroad:
- Cambria County (The home county of Longs Crossroad)
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Fallentimber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Dean
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Chest Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Ashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hastings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lloydville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Spindley City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Carrolltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Benedict
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Pavia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Highland Fling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tipton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Altoona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Grazierville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Canan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Culp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Tyrone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tyrone Forge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Duncansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- New Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Glass City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Marengo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Port Matilda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Casanova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Stormstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Lyleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Blain City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Irvona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McPherron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Utahville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Westover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Glen Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hegarty Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Sylvis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Thompsontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Mayes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Birmingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Pennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Water Street
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Huntingdon Furnace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dungarvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Hesston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Entriken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Alverda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Cherry Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Grisemore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Glen Campbell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverhurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Urey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Cookport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Hillsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Heilwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Pine Flats
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Commodore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Winslow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sykesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Seward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Longs Crossroad, see our County-by-County Page for Longs Crossroad.
Cemeteries Near Longs Crossroad ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longs Crossroad.
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 Longs Crossroad - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Longs Crossroad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shelton Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spangle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Utahville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Utahville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Utahville.
- The Utahville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Utahville UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #481119 <3>
- Weld Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Basil Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Cambria Mills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Longs Crossroad in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Longs Crossroad.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Longs Crossroad, with the one closest to Longs Crossroad listed first.
- Saint Augustine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- Saint Lawrence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Patton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frugality
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Frugality is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frugality
- Van Ormer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Van Ormer is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ormer
- Fallentimber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dysart
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Condron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Condron is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condron
- Dean
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Chest Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Heverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heverly is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heverly
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blain City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Longs Crossroad. See our List of 1890's Communities around Longs Crossroad.
Newspapers Published in Longs Crossroad ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Longs Crossroad.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longs Crossroad, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Longs Crossroad.
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 Longs Crossroad:
- 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
- Westmoreland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Longs Crossroad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Longs Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |