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 Mylo Park (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 Mylo Park. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Mylo Park is located in Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Mylo Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mylo Park:
- Cambria County (The home county of Mylo Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Ebensburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Revloc
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Revloc is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revloc
- Beula
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beula is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beula
- Winterset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winterset is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Pindleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Munster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Colver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cardiff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Nanty Glo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Loretto
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mundys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mundys Corner is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundys Corner
- Twin Rocks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Pavia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pleasantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Osterburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- New Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Waterside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Saint Clairsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Salemville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Loysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Blue Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Canan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Newry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hollidaysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Claysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Sylvis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Lyleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- McPherron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Coalport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Blain City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Irvona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- New Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Utahville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Mayes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Entriken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Birmingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Rexis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Alverda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Heilwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Nolo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Dilltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Suncliff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Kenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Pine Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Armagh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Littletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Paint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Ogletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Davidsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jerome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Blough
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Forward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hooversville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Seward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Robb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Bolivar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Burrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Oak Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Laurel Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
- Laughlintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ligonier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mylo Park, see our County-by-County Page for Mylo Park.
Cemeteries Near Mylo Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mylo Park.
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 Mylo Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mylo Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Holy Name Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pringle Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Bartholomew Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Loretto.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46182 <2>
- Sherbine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prospect Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Portage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146685 <2>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Portage.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Mylo Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mylo Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mylo Park, with the one closest to Mylo Park listed first.
- Ebensburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pindleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Munster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Noel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Kaylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kaylor is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Loretto
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Vetera
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vetera is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetera
- Lucket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lucket is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucket
- Vinco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Ehrenfeld
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ehrenfeld is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehrenfeld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Summerhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sonman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Wildwood Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Belsano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mylo Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mylo Park.
Newspapers Published in Mylo Park ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mylo Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mylo Park, 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 Mylo Park.
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 either 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 Mylo Park:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Somerset 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 Mylo Park, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mylo Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |