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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 Margaret (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 Margaret. 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 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.
Margaret 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 Margaret. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Margaret:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Margaret)
- The following are listed by their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Blanco
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Yatesboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Whitesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Rural Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oscar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Bryan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Elderton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Atwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Muff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Lenape Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lenape Heights is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenape Heights
- Manorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Sligo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Cheswick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Plum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Rural Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russellton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Leasureville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Monroe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Fenelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Ekastown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Chicora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Saint Joe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Karns City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Herman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Garmantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- White Mill Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Fairmont City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Hawthorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Phillipston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- East Brady
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Rimersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Catfish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Brinkerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Bela
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Clearfield County
- Burnside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Beyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Willet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Shelocta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Davis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Smicksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parkwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Creekside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Kimmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- West Lebanon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Chambersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Ambrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Valier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Langville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Timblin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Worthville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Pansy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Coolspring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Oliveburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Punxsutawney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Green Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Hyde Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- East Vandergrift
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Oklahoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Weinel Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Avonmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Salina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Livermore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Lower Burrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Margaret, see our County-by-County Page for Margaret.
Cemeteries Near Margaret ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Margaret.
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 Margaret - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Margaret covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Shotts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mateer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shaeffer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ford City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ukrainian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harmony Grove Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Beyer and Shelocta. The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Beyer.
- The Harmony Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Five Points Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45039 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wick City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #478503 <2>
- Kittanning Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<5>
While we didn't find Margaret in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Margaret.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Margaret, with the one closest to Margaret listed first.
- Blanco
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Greendale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greendale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Blanket Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blanket Hill is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
- Whitesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Rural Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Valley is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Valley
- Elderton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bryan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Top is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top
- Atwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Brick Church
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Church is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Advance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Advance is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Muff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Manorville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Margaret. See our List of 1890's Communities around Margaret.
Newspapers Published in Margaret ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Margaret.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Margaret, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Margaret.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Margaret:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Beyer and Shelocta. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Margaret) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Margaret, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |