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 New Beaver (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 New Beaver. 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.
New Beaver is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Columbiana (OH), Mahoning (OH), Beaver, Butler & Mercer.
Below are the counties that are near New Beaver. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Beaver:
- Lawrence County (The home county of New Beaver)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Wampum
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Moravia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Enon Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ellport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Mahoningtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- South New Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Energy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Mount Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Jackson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- S.N.P.J
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- S.N.P.J is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S.N.P.J
- Estimated population in 2019: 19 people
- New Castle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Altman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Leetsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bell Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Acres is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,373 people
- Bradford Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford Woods is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people
- Duff City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duff City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff City
- Edgeworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Edgeworth is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,646 people
- Wexford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,883 people
- Sewickley Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sewickley Heights is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewickley Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
- Sewickley Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sewickley Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewickley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Borough of Glen Osborne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Borough of Glen Osborne is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Glen Osborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Sewickley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coraopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Big Beaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Koppel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Galilee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Ellwood City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Homewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Frisco
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- North Sewickley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Thompson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Darlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtemburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- West Mayfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Mayfield is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Cannelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cannelton is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelton
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Portersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zelienople
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Whitestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whitestown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestown
- Evans City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fernway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fernway is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernway
- West Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Ogle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Connoquenessing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Connoquenessing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connoquenessing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Callery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Carbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Leesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- North Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Millburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- West Middlesex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Courtneys Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- Wheatland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Farrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hermitage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Swamproot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Clark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grove City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Venango County
- Barkeyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Columbiana County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- State Line ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- East Palestine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Unity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Mill Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Rock is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rock
- New Waterford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Carmel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Carmel is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carmel
- Rogers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbiana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Calcutta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East End
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East End is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Glenmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmoor is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmoor
- La Croft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- La Croft is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Croft
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jefferson County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Cream City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cream City is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream City
- Empire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Irondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Stratton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- New Somerset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Somerset is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Somerset
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- New Middletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Lima
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Poland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Struthers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Lewistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Lewistown is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lewistown
- Boardman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Cornersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Youngstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greenford is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenford
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Maplewood Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
- Hubbard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Masury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Churchill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Churchill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
- Coalburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- West Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Sodom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Brookfield Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Girard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klines Corner
- Hilltop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- McDonald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Newell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- New Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
- New Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Beaver, see our County-by-County Page for New Beaver.
Cemeteries Near New Beaver ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Beaver.
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 New Beaver - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Beaver covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Clinton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holy Redeemer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Savannah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Beaver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seceder United Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (386 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Trinity Polish National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 New Beaver in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Beaver.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Beaver, with the one closest to New Beaver listed first.
- Wampum
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Newport
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Chewton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chewton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewton
- New Galilee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Galilee is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Galilee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Rock Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- East Moravia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- Moravia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Enon Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Homewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Bellton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellton is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellton
- Ellwood City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Darlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Thompson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- North Sewickley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Frisco
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Beaver. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Beaver.
Newspapers Published in New Beaver ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Beaver.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Beaver, 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 New Beaver.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 New Beaver:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Columbiana County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Mahoning County
- Trumbull County
- Hancock 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Beaver) 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 New Beaver, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |