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 Paradise 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 Paradise 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 northwest 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 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.
Paradise Furnace is located in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near Paradise Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paradise Furnace:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Paradise Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Salter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Todd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Entriken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Marklesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Coles ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Hesston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Broad Top City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Cooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Dudley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Kimmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Riddlesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Saxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Langdondale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Marble City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Waterside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Woodbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coaldale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Loysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Yellow Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- New Enterprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Hopewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Beavertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Shellytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Clover Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Oreminea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Royer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Covedale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Franklin Forge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Flowing Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Buckhorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Tunnelhill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Cresson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gallitzin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sankertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Amsbry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Bens Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Oil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Puritan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Scarlan Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Ashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Marengo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Musser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Dry Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Newbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Cowans Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Metal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Freestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Roxbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Fort Loudon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Pleasant Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Waterfall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Clear Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Laidig
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Valley-Hi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Fort Littleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Cabins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Harrisonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Knobsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Akersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Crystal Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Pleasant Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Peru Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Perulack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- East Rutherford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Reeds Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Kistler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Allensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McVeytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Menno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Belleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- New Germantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paradise Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Paradise Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Paradise Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paradise 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 Paradise Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paradise Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Paradise Furnace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Newburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Plummer Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beavertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Todd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trough Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek Cemetery
- The Trough Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trough Creek Baptist Cemetery
- Trough Creek Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222850 <2>
- Upper Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shultz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Entriken Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brumbaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Paradise Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paradise Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paradise Furnace, with the one closest to Paradise Furnace listed first.
- Salter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Trough Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Trough Creek is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek
- Todd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Aitch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aitch is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aitch
- Entriken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Marklesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Calvin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Calvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Page ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Page is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Dudley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Cooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Latta Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Latta Grove is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latta Grove
- Latta Grove has also been known as:
- Barneytown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Colfax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Coalmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Robertsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paradise Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paradise Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Paradise 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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paradise Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paradise Furnace, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paradise Furnace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Paradise Furnace:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paradise Furnace) 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 Paradise Furnace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |