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 Grove (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 Grove. 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 Pine Grove ...
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 Pine Grove: Pine Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pine Grove is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Pine Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Hyde
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hyde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Glen Richey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Richey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Richey
- Clearfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barrett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Curwensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plymptonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plymptonville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymptonville
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Joy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Olanta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sanborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Lumber City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Estimated population in 2015: 75 people
- Belsena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Tyrone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grazierville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tyrone Forge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Bellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Culp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Flinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fallentimber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lloydville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Dean
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Thomas Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Hastings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dysart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Patton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Garmantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- West Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Chest Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Cameron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Mix Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mix Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run
- Driftwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyside is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- North Philipsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- South Philipsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Glass City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Casanova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Sandy Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Pine Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Glen is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Moshannon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Port Matilda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Shoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stormstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Scattertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Byrnedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Caledonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Benezette
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brockport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Challenge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Grant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Kylers Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Shawmut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Horton City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Dagus Mines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Dents Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dents Run is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Pennington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Dungarvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Huntingdon Furnace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Urey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Glen Campbell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Hooverhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Rossiter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Hillsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Rochester Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Cookport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Purchase Line
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Marchand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Sykesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Falls Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Red Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Prescottville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Winslow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Crenshaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Sandy Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Reynoldsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wishaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Albion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Panic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove.
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 Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crown Crest Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McClure Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fulton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baughman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Pine Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverview is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Glen Richey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Richey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Richey
- Oshanter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oshanter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshanter
- Clearfield Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield Junction
- Leonard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leonard is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Clearfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Curwensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Olanta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jeffries
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffries is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffries
- Lumber City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Estimated population in 2015: 75 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- New Millport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Millport is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Millport
- Bigler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bigler is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigler
- Kerrmoor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kerrmoor is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrmoor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Grove.
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 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 Pine Grove:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Cameron County
- Centre County
- Elk County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 Grove, 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- Pine Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |