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 Meredith (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 Meredith. 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 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.
Meredith 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 Meredith. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meredith:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Meredith)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Rural Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bryan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Yatesboro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Barnards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Atwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Blanco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Oscar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Muff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Elderton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Sligo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Leasureville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Fenelton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Chicora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Karns City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Petrolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Ekastown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Great Belt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Saint Joe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Garmantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Nicktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- White Mill Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Spangler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Belsano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Vintondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Twin Rocks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Fairmont City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Bethlehem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hawthorn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Lawsonham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Piolett
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Brinkerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Phillipston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- East Brady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rimersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Catfish
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Burnside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mahaffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Sylvis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Troutville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Beyer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Plumville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Willet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Smicksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Davis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Ambrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Elkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Shelocta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chambersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Creekside
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmel is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Georgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Valier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Langville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Timblin
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Oliveburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Punxsutawney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Coolspring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Albion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Summerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Green Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(24 miles [38.6 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 Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Hyde Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Avonmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- East Vandergrift
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Salina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Livermore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- North Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Burrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meredith, see our County-by-County Page for Meredith.
Cemeteries Near Meredith ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meredith.
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 Meredith - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meredith covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Dunkard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harmony Grove Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Beyer and Shelocta. The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> 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 <4>
- Plum Creek Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smicksburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton Glad Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Speedy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mateer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crooked Creek Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Old Washington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shotts Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shaeffer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Meredith in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meredith.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meredith, with the one closest to Meredith listed first.
- Rural Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bryan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Blanco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Atwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Barnards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Greendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greendale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Advance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Muff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Willet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Plumville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Denton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Denton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Dayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanket Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blanket Hill is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meredith. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meredith.
Newspapers Published in Meredith ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meredith.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meredith, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meredith.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Meredith:
- 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> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meredith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Meredith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |