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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 Greene 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 Greene County: Fayette, Washington, Marshall (WV), Monongalia (WV) & Wetzel (WV).
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:
- Greene County (The home county of Newtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Dunkard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dunkard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard
- Dilliner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Greensboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Morris
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ceylon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Fairdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Nemacolin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Fordyce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kirby is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Carmichaels
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Khedive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Allegheny County
- Sunny Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Winstead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead
- Point Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atlantic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- New Geneva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Fairchance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Morris Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morris Crossroads is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Crossroads
- Fayette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Masontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Adah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adah
- Haydentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Millsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Deemston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Beallsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blainsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Marianna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Brownsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Bissell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Daisytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ten Mile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- California
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Gibsonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Smithton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Garrett County (MD)
- Friendsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harrison County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Harrison County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Shinnston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Harrison County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Marion County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Hoodsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Pleasant View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Grant Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Rivesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Harmony
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Barrackville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Fairmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Katy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Katy is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Palatine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palatine is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatine
- Marshall County (WV)
- Rocklick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Maidsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Bowlby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Baker Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Star City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Canyon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Osage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Morgantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cheat Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Cassville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Laurel Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Laurel Point is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Point
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Masontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Bruceton Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brandonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Clifton Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Arthurdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sandy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Reedsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Threefork Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Threefork Bridge is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threefork Bridge
- Morgans Glade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Hazelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Taylor County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Fetterman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fetterman is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterman
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thornton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Thornton is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Pruntytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruntytown
- West Grafton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Grafton is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grafton
- Oreide
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oreide is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreide
- Knottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Wetzel County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Round Bottom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Hundred
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Littleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Littleton is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Anthem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anthem is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
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.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Furman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Alexander Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Garrison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lambert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Linton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Everly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Williamson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (500 more) ...
- Keener Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wolfs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Donham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
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.
- Dunkard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dunkard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard
- Wiley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wiley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Bald Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bald Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Hill
- Dilliner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Winstead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead
- Davistown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Davistown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davistown
- Maidsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Point Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Geneva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Mapletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mapletown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapletown
- Bowlby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Fairchance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mount Morris
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stewartstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stewartstown is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Morris Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morris Crossroads is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Crossroads
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 44 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 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. 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 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 Newtown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Garrett County
- Harrison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Preston County
- Taylor County
- Wetzel 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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'. |