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 Mount Oliver (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 Mount Oliver. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Mount Oliver is located in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Oliver. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Oliver:
- Allegheny County (The home county of Mount Oliver)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Soho
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Soho is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soho
- Carrick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carrick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
- Allentown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Allentown is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Beltzhoover
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beltzhoover is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzhoover
- Mount Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Pittsburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Homestead is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,854 people
- Baldwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,419 people
- Whitehall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dormont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Apollo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leechburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- North Apollo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Edmon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- McVille
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Neale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Slate Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Spring Church
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- South Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Ambridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gringo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gringo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
- Crestmont Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
- Economy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Aliquippa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Sheffield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Sheffield is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sheffield
- Wallace City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knob
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Freedom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Valencia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mars
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Fox Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Glade Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Myoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Ogle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Fernway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fernway is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernway
- Callery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ekastown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Watters
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Watters is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watters
- Brownsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arnold City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Fairhope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairhope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
- Lynnwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
- Brownstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brownstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Fayette City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Newell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Banning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Kenneth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kenneth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Redstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Redstone is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Fuller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Whitsett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitsett is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
- Greene County
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Indiana County
- White
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Gastonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- Ellsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Finleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- McMurray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- New Eagle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- MacDonald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- MacDonald is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDonald
- McDonald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Baidland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
- Black Diamond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Black Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Canonsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Trafford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Larimer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Larimer is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimer
- Shaner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Murrysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Irwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- North Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Parnassus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Irwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <1>
- Shafton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shafton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafton
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Kensington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Rillton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Oliver, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Oliver.
Cemeteries Near Mount Oliver ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Oliver.
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 Mount Oliver - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Oliver covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Loretto Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Paul Of The Cross Monastery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. John Vianney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Vianney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John Vianney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pittsburgh.
- The St. John Vianney Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Georges Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1102535 <2>
- St. Georges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- South Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Adelbert RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Wendelin RC Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beth Abraham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- St. Georges Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shaare Torah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Pittsburgh.
- The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44504 <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, Mount Oliver had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Mount Oliver had a population of 3,257 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Oliver, with the one closest to Mount Oliver listed first.
- Arlington
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Arlington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Carrick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carrick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
- Soho
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Soho is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soho
- Glenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glenwood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Beltzhoover
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beltzhoover is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzhoover
- Hays
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hays is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Pittsburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Whitehall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,419 people
- Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allegheny ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allegheny is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West End
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West End is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Banksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Banksville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Castle Shannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Oliver. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Oliver.
Newspapers Published in Mount Oliver ...
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 496 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Oliver.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Oliver, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Oliver.
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 Mount Oliver:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Allegheny County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Indiana County
- Washington 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> | 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 Mount Oliver, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Oliver) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |