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 Reese (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 Reese. 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 and hospitals 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.
Reese is located in Blair 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 Blair County: Bedford, Cambria, Centre & Huntingdon.
Below are the counties that are near Reese. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reese:
- Blair County (The home county of Reese)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Royer
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Frankstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Flowing Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Oreminea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Franklin Forge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Point View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollidaysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shellytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beavertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Canan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Maria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- King
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Waterside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Riddlesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Loysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marble City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- New Enterprise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Woodbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pavia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Salemville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Langdondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Osterburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Buckhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Tunnelhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Gallitzin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Amsbry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Ashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dysart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Spindley City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Cresson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sankertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Dean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Bens Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Sandy Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Musser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- New Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Port Matilda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Glass City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Pine Grove Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Ginter
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Utahville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Coalport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Hegarty Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Ramey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Blain City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Rosebud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Houtzdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Irvona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Brisbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Waterfall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Laidig
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Marklesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Entriken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hesston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Water Street
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Alexandria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Huntingdon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Middletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Coalmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Kistler
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Allensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McVeytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Menno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Mattawana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Ogletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Windber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reese, see our County-by-County Page for Reese.
Cemeteries Near Reese ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reese.
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 Reese - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reese covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Royer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clapper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Geeseytown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeseytown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Geeseytown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Frankstown.
- The Geeseytown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frankstown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991646 <2>
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paul Cemetery
- Smithfield Cemetery
- Dilling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- David Beck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bosler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Biddle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Snively Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Reese had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reese, with the one closest to Reese listed first.
- Royer
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Frankstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Loop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Loop is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
- Wertz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wertz is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertz
- Flowing Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Canoe Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canoe Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Creek
- Franklin Forge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Ganister
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ganister is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganister
- Springfield Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Point View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Hollidaysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stiffler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stiffler is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiffler
- Allegheny Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allegheny Furnace is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Furnace
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reese. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reese.
Newspapers Published in Reese ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reese.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reese, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reese.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Reese:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Blair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon 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> | 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 Reese, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reese) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |