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 Lookabough Corners (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 Lookabough Corners. 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 Lookabough Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lookabough Corners: Lookabough Cors.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lookabough Corners is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Lookabough Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lookabough Corners:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Lookabough Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- Leechburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Neale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Aladdin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- McVille
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apollo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Apollo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Ford City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Rosston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Orchard Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Cochrans Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- Sligo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Russellton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cheswick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Curtisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- Economy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Leasureville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Ekastown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Dennys Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Saxonburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Great Belt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Fenelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Nixon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Saint Joe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- East Brady
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Phillipston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Lawsonham
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Bela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Rimersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- New Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Fairmont City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Hawthorn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- West Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Clarksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saltsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- White
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Parkwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Shelocta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Aultman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Bow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Shado-Wood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
- Willet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Beyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- Hyde Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Bagdad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Weinel Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- East Vandergrift
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Lower Burrell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Kensington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avonmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lookabough Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Lookabough Corners.
Cemeteries Near Lookabough Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lookabough Corners.
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 Lookabough Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lookabough Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Leechburg.
- The Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forks - Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #629382 <3>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Leechburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Murphys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brookland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Keppel Burial Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Laurel Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highfield Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Porter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Freeport Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Freeport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44888 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Lookabough Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lookabough Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lookabough Corners, with the one closest to Lookabough Corners listed first.
- Bagdad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Leechburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dime
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dime is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dime
- Neale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Aladdin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Sligo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Vandergrift
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McVille
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garvers Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garvers Ferry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvers Ferry
- Karns
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Metcalf
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Metcalf is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Apollo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Braeburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Braeburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeburn
- Markle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Markle is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lookabough Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lookabough Corners.
Newspapers Published in Lookabough Corners ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lookabough Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lookabough Corners, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lookabough Corners.
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 Lookabough Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana 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> | 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- Lookabough Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lookabough Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |