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 Pikes Peak (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 Pikes Peak. 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 Pikes Peak ...
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.
While the name of this community is Pikes Peak, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pikes Peak may originally have been Pike's Peak.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pikes Peak might be written as Pike Peak.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pikes Peak. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pikes Peak.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Pikes Peak 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 Pikes Peak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pikes Peak:
- Indiana County (The home county of Pikes Peak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Penn Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Suncliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Nolo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Clymer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Heilwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Littletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Pine Flats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Grisemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Ben Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ben Avon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Avon
- Chevy Chase Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chevy Chase Heights is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Heights
- Indiana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucerne Mines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucerne Mines is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne Mines
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Atwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Elderton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barnards
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Olivet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Blanco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Bryan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Rural Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Whitesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Echo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Spring Church
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Highland Fling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Blue Knob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- White Mill Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Belsano
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Vintondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Nicktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Twin Rocks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Barnesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Colver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Northern Cambria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- Spangler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Garmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Nanty Glo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pindleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Sylvis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Burnside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Westover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- New Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- McPherron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Newburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Mahaffey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Mayes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Lyleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Bower
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Coalport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irvona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Valier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Punxsutawney
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winslow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Oliveburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Timblin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Panic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Worthville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Tire Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jerome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Paint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Benson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Jenners Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Jennerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Laurel Mountain Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Seward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Robb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bolivar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Burrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Livermore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Derry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Derry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <2>
- New Derry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Avonmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Alexandria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- McChesneytown - Loyalhanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pikes Peak, see our County-by-County Page for Pikes Peak.
Cemeteries Near Pikes Peak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pikes Peak.
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 Pikes Peak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pikes Peak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Brush Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sample Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherryhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Land Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamondville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Frye Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernards Cemetery
- The St. Bernards Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Bernards of Clairvoux Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45990 <3>
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Columbia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Independent Country Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pikes Peak had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pikes Peak, with the one closest to Pikes Peak listed first.
- Penn Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Suncliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Nolo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Kenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Brush Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Valley is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Valley
- Strongstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Onberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Onberg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onberg
- Pine Flats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Tanoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tanoma is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanoma
- Grisemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Indiana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Two Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Two Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Lick
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Homer City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dilltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gilpin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Pikes Peak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pikes Peak.
Newspapers Published in Pikes Peak ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pikes Peak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pikes Peak, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pikes Peak.
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 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 Pikes Peak:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Clearfield County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Pikes Peak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pikes Peak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |