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 Pleasant Hill (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 Pleasant Hill. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Pleasant Hill is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Garrett (MD), Greene, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland, Monongalia (WV) & Preston (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill:
- Fayette County (The home county of Pleasant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- South Connellsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Connellsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- White
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Sitka
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Indian Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Everson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Dunbar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rogerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
- Bear Rocks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Leisenring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leisenring is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisenring
- Champion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dickerson Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dickerson Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Run
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Buena Vista
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Sunny Side
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Boston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Versailles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Versailles is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
- Clairton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Elizabeth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Mendelssohn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Coal Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- East McKeesport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Nemacolin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Stringtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Cumberland Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Fairdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Greensboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carmichaels
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rices Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ceylon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Dilliner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Clarksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chartiers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Khedive
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Draketown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Bakersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- New Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Lexington is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Confluence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Centerville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Lavansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lavansville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavansville
- Casselman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Casselman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casselman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Markleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Roytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roytown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
- Addison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Listonburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Listonburg is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listonburg
- Ursina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ursina is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Allenport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blainsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- California
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elco is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Roscoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
- Speers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Speers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- West Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Donora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dunlevy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Long Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Long Branch is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Stockdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Twilight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Iron Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Scottdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Overton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Mount Joy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Hawkeye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Donegal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alverton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverton
- Kecksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Calumet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stahlstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- United
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- United is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
- Hunker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Friendsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Accident
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grantsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Cheat Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Canyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Clifton Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Brandonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Hazelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bruceton Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Little Sandy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Morgans Glade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Rockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill.
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 Pleasant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Normalville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Ritas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ritas Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ritas Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Connellsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46251 <2>
- St. Josephs Cemetery (New)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hill Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dan Snyder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan Snyder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dan Snyder Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Indian Head.
- The Dan Snyder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snyder Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1191187 <2>
- Green Ridge Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Trinity Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Connellsville.
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993674 <2>
- St. Emery's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Emery's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Emery's Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Connellsville.
- The St. Emery's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Emery Cemetery
- St. Emery New Cemetery
- St. Emerys Cemetery
- St. Emory Cemetery
- St. Emory New Cemetery
- St. Emorys Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46020 <2>
- St. Josephs Cemetery (Old)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. John's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Roebuck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hillview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Lick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Pleasant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Indian Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Normalville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moyer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moyer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyer
- Pennsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pennsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Connellsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sitka
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sitka is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Mill Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- White
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Broad Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Broad Ford is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Ford
- Crossland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crossland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossland
- New Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Haven is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Wheeler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Dunbar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stewarton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stewarton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarton
- Indian Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Hill ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Hill, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Hill.
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 Pleasant Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Greene County
- Somerset County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Garrett County
- Monongalia County
- Preston 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) 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 Pleasant Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |