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 Mather (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 Mather. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mather is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Fayette, Washington, Marshall (WV), Monongalia (WV) & Wetzel (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Mather. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mather:
- Greene County (The home county of Mather)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Chartiers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Lippincott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Khedive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Rices Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carmichaels
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Fordyce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Cumberland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Fairdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Waynesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ceylon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Sunny Side
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Library
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
- Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
- Jefferson
- West Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clairton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mendelssohn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Upper Saint Clair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Brightwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brightwood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- East Millsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millsboro
- Arensburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arensburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arensburg
- Heistersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Isabella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- La Belle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Belle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- Luzerne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Adah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adah
- Alicia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alicia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Republic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Republic is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Hiller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Masontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap Creek Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dunlap Creek Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap Creek Village
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beallsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marianna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bissell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Deemston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Ten Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Scenery Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Lone Pine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- West Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Amity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amity
- Blainsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Gibsonton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Smithton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sutersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Wyano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
- Hawkeye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Scottdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shaner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Yukon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Hoodsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Grant Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Pleasant View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rivesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Metz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metz is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Barrackville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Katy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Katy is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Dallas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dallas is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Rocklick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Calis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Calis is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calis
- Cameron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Loudenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Loudenville is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudenville
- Knoxville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Bannen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bannen is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannen
- Kausooth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kausooth is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kausooth
- Limestone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Limestone is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Bowlby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Blacksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Cassville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Baker Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Osage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Star City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Wana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Granville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Canyon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Miracle Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miracle Run is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Run
- Hagans
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hagans is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagans
- Cheat Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Ohio County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Potomac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
- Point Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Point Mills is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
- Valley Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Triadelphia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Bruceton Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Brandonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Little Sandy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Masontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wetzel County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Round Bottom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Hundred
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mather, see our County-by-County Page for Mather.
Cemeteries Near Mather ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mather.
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 Mather - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mather covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Greene County Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pollock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Horner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hewitts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buckingham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (471 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Horn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Horn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Marianna.
- The Horn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horn Burial Ground
- Horns Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45150 <2>
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Mather in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mather.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mather, with the one closest to Mather listed first.
- Jefferson
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Lippincott
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Khedive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rices Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Castile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Castile is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castile
- Carmichaels
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Millsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruff Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ruff Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruff Creek
- Waynesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fordyce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Bissell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fredericktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beallsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ceylon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mather. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mather.
Newspapers Published in Mather ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mather.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mather, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mather.
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 Mather:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Ohio County
- Preston County
- Wetzel 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> | 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- Mather) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mather, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |