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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 Noel (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 Noel. 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 doctors 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.
Noel is located in Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Noel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Noel:
- Cambria County (The home county of Noel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Winterset
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Winterset is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Munster
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Loretto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sankertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Ebensburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cresson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Scarlan Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Beula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beula is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beula
- Revloc
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Revloc is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revloc
- Amsbry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Bens Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Pavia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Osterburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Pleasantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- New Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Waterside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Saint Clairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Loysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- New Paris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marble City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Blue Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Canan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Highland Fling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Newry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hollidaysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Frankstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Cotton Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Sylvis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Lyleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Westover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Coalport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rosebud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Blain City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Irvona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McPherron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Utahville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Burnside
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Glen Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Mayes
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Hegarty Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Entriken
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Water Street
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Birmingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Hesston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pennington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Alexandria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Coalmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Salter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Rexis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Alverda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Wehrum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Grisemore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Heilwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Nolo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Dilltown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Pine Flats
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Suncliff
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Cherry Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Armagh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Ogletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Paint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Tire Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Windber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Davidsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Blough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Jerome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Central City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Forward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hooversville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Seward
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Robb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bolivar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Noel, see our County-by-County Page for Noel.
Cemeteries Near Noel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Noel.
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 Noel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Noel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Loretto.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46182 <2>
- Lloyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Bridgids Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lillydale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Bartholomew Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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, Noel had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
- Kaylor
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kaylor is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Munster
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Lucket
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lucket is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucket
- Loretto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Ebensburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cresson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Portage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sonman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Bens Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Gallitzin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Amsbry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Elstie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elstie is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstie
- Ashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Noel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Noel.
Newspapers Published in Noel ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Noel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Noel, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Noel.
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 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 Noel:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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 Noel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Noel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |