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 Nihil (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 Nihil. 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 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.
Nihil is located in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Nihil. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nihil:
- Westmoreland County (The home county of Nihil)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Slickville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slickville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickville
- Congruity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Congruity is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congruity
- Crabtree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Alexandria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avonmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Luxor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Luxor is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxor
- Export
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Livermore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Claridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beatty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beatty is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- New Texas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Garden City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Leechburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Monroeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pitcairn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Unity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Wall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wall is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- East McKeesport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Universal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Universal is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Karns
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- North Versailles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Edmon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Orchard Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Apollo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Apollo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Olivet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Spring Church
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leechburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Elderton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Neale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Freeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aladdin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Ekastown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Leasureville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Saxonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Glade Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Great Belt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Wilmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brownstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Cambria City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Elim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elim is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
- Johnstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Southmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Southmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Vintondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Laurelville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Bear Rocks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Everson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Champion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Banning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Fuller
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Whitsett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitsett is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
- Dawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arnold City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Lynn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Perryopolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- White
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Clarksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saltsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- West Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Black Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Aultman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Josephine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Palmertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Smathers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Laurel Mountain Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jennerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roytown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
- Bakersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Jenners Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Jenners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jenners is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Thomas Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Donora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Diamond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Black Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Ellsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Monongahela
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- New Eagle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Charleroi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gastonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- North Charleroi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Charleroi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charleroi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
- Twilight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twilight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Allenport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baidland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nihil, see our County-by-County Page for Nihil.
Cemeteries Near Nihil ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nihil.
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 Nihil - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nihil covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- East View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Craig Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Valley Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Steels Monument Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Denmark Manor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Barbaras Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greek Orthodox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greek Orthodox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greek Orthodox Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Jeannette.
- The Greek Orthodox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greek Cemetery
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44967 <2>
- Continue List (387 more) ...
- Sacred Heart Cemetery (Old)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nihil had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nihil, with the one closest to Nihil listed first.
- Congruity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Congruity is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congruity
- Delmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crabtree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Alexandria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Tunnelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tunnelton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Boquet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boquet is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boquet
- Avonmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Georges Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Georges Station is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Station
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Nowrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nowrytown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowrytown
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Claridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carney is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
- Livermore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nihil. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nihil.
Newspapers Published in Nihil ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nihil.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nihil, 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 Nihil.
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 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 Nihil:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Westmoreland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Cambria County
- Fayette County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Washington 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 Nihil, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nihil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |