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 Masseyburg (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 Masseyburg. 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.
Masseyburg is located in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near Masseyburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Masseyburg:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Masseyburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Neffs Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Ennisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Donation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dungarvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Seven Stars
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Huntingdon Furnace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Alexandria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Water Street
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Pennington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Birmingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Mill Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Tyrone Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Tyrone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Covedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Grazierville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Culp
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Tipton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Point View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Shellytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Lloydville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Buckhorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Dean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Fallentimber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Fairbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Pine Grove Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Musser
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Bloomsdorf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Marengo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Scotia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Krumrine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Park Forest Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- State College
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boalsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Stormstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Chester Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Osceola Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ginter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Brisbin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Morrisdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Houtzdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kylertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Ramey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Wallaceton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Hegarty Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Franklin County
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Reeds Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Peru Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Doyles Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- McCullochs Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- East Rutherford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Perulack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Mifflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Old Port
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Menno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Allensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kishacoquillas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- McVeytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Mattawana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Lumber City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Reedsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Juniata Terrace
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Milroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Perry County
- New Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder County
- Bannerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Masseyburg, see our County-by-County Page for Masseyburg.
Cemeteries Near Masseyburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Masseyburg.
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 Masseyburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Masseyburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Massey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mooresville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Manor Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Manor Hill Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Carolus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rudy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ennisville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McAlevys Fort Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McAlevys Fort United Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenlee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Masseyburg had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Masseyburg, with the one closest to Masseyburg listed first.
- Mooresville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Neffs Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Manor Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Manor Hill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
- Saulsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saulsburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsburg
- Cottage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Ennisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Rockspring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockspring is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspring
- Fairbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- McAlevys Fort
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McAlevys Fort is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAlevys Fort
- Pine Grove Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Musser
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Graysville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Donation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Gatesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gatesburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesburg
- Marengo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Masseyburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Masseyburg.
Newspapers Published in Masseyburg ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Masseyburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Masseyburg, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Masseyburg.
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 helpful 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 Masseyburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Franklin County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Snyder 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> | 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 Masseyburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Masseyburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |