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 Buena Vista (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 Buena Vista. 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.
Name Variations for New Buena Vista ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for New Buena Vista: New Buena Vis.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
New Buena Vista is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near New Buena Vista. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Buena Vista:
- Bedford County (The home county of New Buena Vista)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Kegg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kegg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
- Schellsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Choice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wolfsburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsburg
- Bedford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Charlesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Charlesville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Cliffs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cliffs is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs
- Pleasantville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Hyndman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yount is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Ott Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ott Town is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Town
- Rainsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rainsburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Cotton Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Claysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Roaring Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Martinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Newry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Scalp Level
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Scalp Level is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalp Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
- Dunlo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Salix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Ingleside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Beaverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Geistown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geistown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
- Sidman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ferndale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lorain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lorain is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
- Daisytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Daisytown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Elim
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elim is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Emmaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Crystal Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Akersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Valley-Hi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Wells Tannery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Sipes Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Dott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dott is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dott
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Coalmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Dudley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- New Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Central City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buckstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Downey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Downey is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
- Indian Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Indian Lake is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Shanksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Fairhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Boswell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mostoller
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mostoller is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mostoller
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Laughlintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Ellerslie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Barrelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Barrelville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrelville
- Corriganville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Corriganville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
- Flintstone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Savage Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Savage Junction is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Savage Junction
- Mount Savage
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rush is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- La Vale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shanty Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shanty Town is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Eckhart Mines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eckhart Mines is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckhart Mines
- Zihlman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zihlman is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zihlman
- Clarysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clarysville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Garrett County (MD)
- Avilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Ridgeley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carpendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Wiley Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Buena Vista, see our County-by-County Page for New Buena Vista.
Cemeteries Near New Buena Vista ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Buena Vista.
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 Buena Vista - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Buena Vista covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Old Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Schellsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schellsburg Cemetery
- The Schellsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
- Old Log Church Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964953 <2>
- Camp Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sarver Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fishertown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Friends Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fellowship & Union Cemeteries
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pike Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mispah Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mispah Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mispah Lutheran Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Shanksville.
- The Mispah Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mispah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188400 <2>
- Lebanon Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (164 more) ...
- Pugh Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Growden Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Buena Vista had a population of 139 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Buena Vista, with the one closest to New Buena Vista listed first.
- Kegg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kegg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
- Schellsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- West End
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West End is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Helixville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Helixville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helixville
- Bard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bard is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Buffalo Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Mills is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Mills
- Daley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Daley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daley
- Manns Choice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Madley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madley
- Burning Bush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burning Bush is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Napier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Point is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Boone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boone is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Buena Vista. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Buena Vista.
Newspapers Published in New Buena Vista ...
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 New Buena Vista.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Buena Vista, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Buena Vista.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 New Buena Vista:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Mineral 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 '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- New Buena Vista) 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 Buena Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |