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 Morann (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 Morann. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Morann is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Morann. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morann:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Morann)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Ginter
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Houtzdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Brisbin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Parsonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Belsena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Hegarty Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Ashland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Osceola Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Utahville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Glen Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Sanborn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Blain City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Tyrone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grazierville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tyrone Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Bellwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Culp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Altoona
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eldorado
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Point View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Canan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Flowing Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Franklin Forge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Lloydville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Fallentimber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Buckhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Thomas Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Ashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Patton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Chest Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hastings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spindley City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- New Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Glass City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Port Matilda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Stormstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Musser
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Pennington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Birmingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Dungarvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Huntingdon Furnace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Water Street
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Donation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Huntingdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Hesston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Uniontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Urey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Cherry Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Hooverhurst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Alverda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Hillsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Johnsonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Grisemore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Cookport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Purchase Line
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Commodore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Heilwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Winslow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Sykesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morann, see our County-by-County Page for Morann.
Cemeteries Near Morann ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morann.
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 Morann - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morann covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- St. Barbara Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Criswell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Henderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weld Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Utahville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Utahville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Utahville.
- The Utahville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Utahville UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #481119 <2>
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baughman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Umbria Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umbria Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Umbria Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Osceola Mills.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #449527 <2>
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Morann had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morann, with the one closest to Morann listed first.
- Kendrick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kendrick is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Houtzdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Goss Run Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goss Run Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Run Junction
- Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Brisbin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Smoke Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smoke Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Run
- Allemans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allemans is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allemans
- Madera
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Banian Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Banian Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banian Junction
- Belsena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Hegarty Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Utahville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Glasgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Osceola Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morann. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morann.
Newspapers Published in Morann ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morann.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morann, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morann.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Morann:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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> | 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 Morann, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Morann) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |