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 Poke Run (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 Poke Run. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Poke Run is located in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Poke Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poke Run:
- Westmoreland County (The home county of Poke Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- North Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Slickville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slickville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickville
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Salina
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Export
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Nihil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nihil is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nihil
- Murrysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avonmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Congruity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Congruity is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congruity
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- Plum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Leechburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- New Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Unity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Natrona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Garden City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Springdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Universal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Universal is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
- Brackenridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Karns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Monroeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- Edmon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Apollo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Apollo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orchard Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Leechburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Church
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Freeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aladdin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Neale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Cochrans Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- McVille
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- Monroe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Ekastown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Leasureville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Saxonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Glade Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Great Belt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Valencia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Herman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mars
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Brownsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- Laurelville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Banning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Bear Rocks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Everson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Whitsett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Whitsett is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
- Fuller
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Lynn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Perryopolis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arnold City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Belle Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
- Lynnwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
- Brownstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- White
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Clarksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Saltsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Parkwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Aultman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Blairsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shelocta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Black Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Smathers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Josephine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- Donora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Black Diamond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Finleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gastonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- Monongahela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- New Eagle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baidland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
- North Charleroi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Charleroi is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charleroi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
- Charleroi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McMurray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sudan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sudan is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poke Run, see our County-by-County Page for Poke Run.
Cemeteries Near Poke Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poke Run.
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 Poke Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poke Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twin Valley Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Townsend Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Townsend Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Edmon.
- The Townsend Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Townsend Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46481 <2>
- Beulah Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Gertrude Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vandergrift Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Denmark Manor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Bethesda Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laird Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Barbaras Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Poke Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poke Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poke Run, with the one closest to Poke Run listed first.
- North Washington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Sardis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sardis is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Delmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salina
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paulton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulton
- Drennen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Drennen is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drennen
- Murrysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nihil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nihil is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nihil
- Markle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Markle is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markle
- Apollo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Milligantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milligantown is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milligantown
- Boquet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boquet is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boquet
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Congruity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Congruity is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congruity
- Avonmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vandergrift
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poke Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poke Run.
Newspapers Published in Poke Run ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poke Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poke Run, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poke Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Poke Run:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Westmoreland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Fayette County
- Indiana County
- Washington 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 '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- Poke Run) 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 Poke Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |