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 Peaceful Valley (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 Peaceful Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Peaceful Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Peaceful Valley: Peaceful Vly. (or less commonly used: Peaceful Vally. or Peaceful Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Peaceful Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Peaceful Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Peaceful Valley is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Peaceful Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peaceful Valley:
- Butler County (The home county of Peaceful Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Ferris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
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- Hooker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- West Sunbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bruin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Eau Claire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Murrinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Greece City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- Karns City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petrolia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cherry Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Bovard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Culmerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Karns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Sligo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Gibsonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Natrona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Russellton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Parker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kaylor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Queenstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Wattersonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Cowansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Rimer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Shadyside Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Worthington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Goehring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Lillyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Wurtemburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Frisco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Ellwood City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Sewickley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Sewickley is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sewickley
- Barrisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Koppel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Homewood is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Foxburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Freedom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Saint Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Brady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bela
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Catfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Alum Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Phillipston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Toby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Turkey City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Callensburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Lamartine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Grant City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Harlansburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Rose Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- McCaslin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- Volant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Altman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Energy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Ellport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- New Wilmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Mahoningtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mahoningtown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoningtown
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Enterprise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Swamproot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Courtneys Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- North Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Kilgore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Perrys Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Perrine Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Jackson Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Millburn is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millburn
- North Sandy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Mercer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Clintonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nectarine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Barkeyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bullion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Emlenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint George
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Pearl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Coal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Nickleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Henderson Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Cranberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Bagdad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- West Leechburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peaceful Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Peaceful Valley.
Cemeteries Near Peaceful Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peaceful Valley.
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 Peaceful Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peaceful Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- West Sunbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eau Claire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Annandale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitmire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shakley Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Snyder Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Liberty Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Peaceful Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peaceful Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peaceful Valley, with the one closest to Peaceful Valley listed first.
- Argentine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Argentine is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Hilliards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hooker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Moniteau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moniteau is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moniteau
- West Sunbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Annandale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Annandale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
- Bruin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Eau Claire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Boyers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Greece City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greece City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greece City
- Karns City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Petrolia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Murrinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Millerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peaceful Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peaceful Valley.
Newspapers Published in Peaceful Valley ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peaceful Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peaceful Valley, 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 Peaceful Valley.
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 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 Peaceful Valley:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Venango 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 Peaceful Valley, 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- Peaceful Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |