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 Pine 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 Pine 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.
Pine Furnace is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Furnace:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Pine Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Oscar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Frenchs Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
- Gosford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gosford is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
- Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Dee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Muff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Applewold
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Applewold is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Kittanning
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wick City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wick City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick City
- Deanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Blanco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Manorville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- West Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Sligo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Rural Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russellton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Springdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leechburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Fenelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Leasureville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Monroe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Chicora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Karns City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Millerstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Joe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Great Belt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- North Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Lawsonham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- New Bethlehem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Leatherwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Fairmont City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Brady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rimersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hawthorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Piolett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Brinkerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Bela
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Curllsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Beyer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Smicksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plumville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Willet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Shelocta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Davis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Ambrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Elkin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Georgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Chambersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Kimmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kimmel is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Parkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Langville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Timblin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Worthville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Valier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Ohl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Coolspring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Summerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Punxsutawney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Baxter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Green Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Corsica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Venango County
- Eakin Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Bagdad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Hyde Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- East Vandergrift
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Oklahoma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Avonmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Salina
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lower Burrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Kensington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Pine Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine 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 Pine Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- Mateer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cochran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Croyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wick City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #478503 <2>
- Kittanning Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brush Valley Brethren Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- Ukrainian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shotts Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Pine Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Furnace, with the one closest to Pine Furnace listed first.
- West Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Valley is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Valley
- Mosgrove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mosgrove is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosgrove
- Templeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greendale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Goheenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goheenville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goheenville
- Gosford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gosford is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
- Ewing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ewing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Kittanning
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mahoning is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Muff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Dee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Manorville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Blanket Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blanket Hill is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
- Blanco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Pine 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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Furnace, 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 Pine 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 professional and volunteer 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 Pine Furnace:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 Pine 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |