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 Powelton (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 Powelton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Powelton is located in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near Powelton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powelton:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Powelton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Dudley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Coalmont
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Broad Top City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Middletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Cooks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Salter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Robertsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Joller ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Todd
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Coles ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Kimmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Riddlesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Langdondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Marble City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Coaldale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Woodbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Waterside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Loysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Graceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Graceville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceville
- Maria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Clover Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Beavertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Oreminea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Shellytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Royer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Roaring Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brooks Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Cotton Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Bens Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Tunnelhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Puritan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Buckhorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Cresson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Sankertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Scarlan Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Gallitzin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Portage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Cowans Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Metal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Dry Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Freestone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Doylestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Newbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Fort Loudon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Keefers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Dickey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Markes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Markes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markes
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Waterfall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Tannery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Valley-Hi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Clear Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Laidig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Fort Littleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Harrisonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Burnt Cabins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Knobsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Crystal Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Pleasant Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Peru Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Perulack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Kistler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Allensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McVeytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Somerset County
- Ogletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powelton, see our County-by-County Page for Powelton.
Cemeteries Near Powelton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powelton.
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 Powelton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powelton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Dudley Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ave Maria Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Colmont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Broad Top IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rhoat Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Duvalls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Granview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Robertsdale Italian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plummer Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Powelton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powelton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powelton, with the one closest to Powelton listed first.
- Coalmont
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Dudley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Robertsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Cooks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Trough Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trough Creek is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek
- Salter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Riddlesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Defiance
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Todd
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Grenada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Grenada is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grenada
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Entriken
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Enid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enid is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powelton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powelton.
Newspapers Published in Powelton ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powelton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powelton, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powelton.
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 Powelton:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Powelton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Powelton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |