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 Oliphant Furnace (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 Oliphant Furnace. 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 and doctors 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.
Oliphant Furnace is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Garrett (MD), Greene, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland, Monongalia (WV) & Preston (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Oliphant Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oliphant Furnace:
- Fayette County (The home county of Oliphant Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Hutchinson
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hutchinson is located in Fayette County
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- Leith
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Leith is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
- Hopwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Uniontown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Uniontown
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Evans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Haydentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Highhouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highhouse is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
- Shoaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shoaf is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoaf
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Lemont Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smithfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Sunny Side
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Elizabeth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Greensboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nemacolin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Dilliner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Stringtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Carmichaels
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ceylon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Cumberland Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Fairdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Dunkard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard
- Rices Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Khedive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Fordyce
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Confluence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Draketown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Addison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ursina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Listonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Markleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Lexington is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Casselman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Casselman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casselman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- New Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Centerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Rockwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bakersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Blainsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- West Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- California
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allenport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Daisytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elco
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Speers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Speers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Deemston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Scottdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- West Overton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Alverton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alverton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverton
- North Belle Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Smithton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Iron Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Gibsonton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- Monessen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Joy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Friendsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Accident
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McHenry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marion County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Hoodsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Mount Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rivesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Cheat Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Canyon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Baker Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Bowlby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Brookhaven
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brookhaven is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Star City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Granville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Morgantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Osage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Westover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Clifton Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Bruceton Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brandonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Little Sandy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Rockville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hazelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Lenox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lenox is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Masontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Orr
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orr is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Reedsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Albright
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oliphant Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Oliphant Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Oliphant Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oliphant Furnace.
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 Oliphant Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oliphant Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Little White Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mountain View Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairchance Veterans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairchance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchance Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairchance Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Fairchance.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969827 <2>
- St. Josephs Cemetery (Fairchance)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reformed Jewish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery (Hopwood)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Society Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopwood.
- The St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John Byzantine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170323 <2>
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hull Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (349 more) ...
- Park Place Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oliphant Furnace had a population of 120 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oliphant Furnace, with the one closest to Oliphant Furnace listed first.
- Brownfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brownfield is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfield
- Hutchinson
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hutchinson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
- Leith
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Leith is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
- Hopwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haydentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haydentown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydentown
- Evans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highhouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highhouse is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
- Smithfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jumonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jumonville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumonville
- Lemont Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walker
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walker is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Balsinger
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Balsinger is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balsinger
- Haddenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Haddenville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddenville
- Morgan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oliphant Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oliphant Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Oliphant Furnace ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oliphant Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oliphant Furnace, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oliphant Furnace.
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 Oliphant Furnace:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Greene County
- Somerset County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Garrett County
- Marion County
- Monongalia County
- Preston 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 Oliphant Furnace, 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- Oliphant Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |