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 Oak Tree (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 Oak Tree. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Oak Tree is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Tree. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Tree:
- Indiana County (The home county of Oak Tree)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Mottarns Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Savan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Savan is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savan
- Georgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Marion Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Marchand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Elkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Trade City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Ambrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Rayne
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rayne is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayne
- Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Home is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Dicksonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dicksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonville
- Kintersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kintersburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kintersburg
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Barnards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Bryan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Rural Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Echo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Yatesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Eddyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- McWilliams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Muff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Putneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Blanco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Oscar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Garmantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Nicktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Spangler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Hastings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Saint Benedict
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- White Mill Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Belsano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Carrolltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Hawthorn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmont City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Leatherwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Brinkerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Frogtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Piolett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Lawsonham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Curllsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Day
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Mechanicsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Rimersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Burnside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mahaffey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- New Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Newburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Bower
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Westover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Troutville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Cherry Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Curry Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Thompsontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Helvetia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Stanley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Valier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Punxsutawney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Winslow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Oliveburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Timblin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Worthville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Coolspring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Panic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Pansy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Langville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Green Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Wishaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Seward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Robb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- Livermore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- New Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Avonmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Tree, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Tree.
Cemeteries Near Oak Tree ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Tree.
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 Oak Tree - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Tree covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Marchand Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marchand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Marchand.
- The Marchand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mahoning Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969616 <2>
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Marion Center.
- The Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Decker's Point Baptist Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148815 <2>
- Round Top Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Washington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smicksburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Columbia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wampler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Frye Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (183 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crooked Creek Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Oak Tree in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Tree.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Tree, with the one closest to Oak Tree listed first.
- Marion Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Georgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Rochester Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Marchand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Elkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Ambrose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Trade City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Home is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Deckers Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deckers Point is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckers Point
- Covode
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Covode is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covode
- Plumville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Dixonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dixonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixonville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Smicksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Davis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Gilpin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilpin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Tree. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Tree.
Newspapers Published in Oak Tree ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Tree.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Tree, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Tree.
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 Oak Tree:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Tree) 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 Oak Tree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |