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 Newtown (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 Newtown. 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.
Newtown 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 Newtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newtown:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Newtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Ashland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Sanborn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- West Decatur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Wallaceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Brisbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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 south)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Osceola Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chester Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morrisdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belsena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Barrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barrett is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Tyrone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grazierville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tipton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tyrone Forge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Bellwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Culp
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Altoona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Point View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Canan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Covedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Eldorado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Lloydville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Flinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fallentimber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Thomas Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Buckhorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Hastings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Patton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chest Springs
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Saint Benedict
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Cameron County
- Mix Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mix Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- New Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Philipsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Glass City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- North Philipsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Sandy Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Casanova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Port Matilda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stormstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Moshannon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Pine Glen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Glen is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Marengo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Scattertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Caledonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Byrnedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Benezette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Pennington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Birmingham
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Huntingdon Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Water Street
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Alexandria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Urey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Hooverhurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Johnsonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Cherry Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Hillsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Rossiter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Sykesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Falls Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Pancoast
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Prescottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Red Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Wishaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- 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 Newtown, see our County-by-County Page for Newtown.
Cemeteries Near Newtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newtown.
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 Newtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Goss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Baughman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Henderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centre UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre UMC Cemetery
- The Centre UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centre Cemetery
- Centre United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44557 <2>
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mokes Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Umbria Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stoneville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Emigh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill 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.<3>
While we didn't find Newtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Jeffries
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jeffries is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffries
- West Decatur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Brisbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Victor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Victor is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Wallaceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Sterling
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sterling is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Goss Run Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goss Run Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Run Junction
- Osceola Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gearhartville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gearhartville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhartville
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Bigler
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bigler is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigler
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Belsena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Kendrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kendrick is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Clearfield Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newtown.
Newspapers Published in Newtown ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newtown, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newtown.
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 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 Newtown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Cameron County
- Centre County
- Elk 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 Newtown, 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- Newtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |