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 Richland (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 Richland. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Richland is located in Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Richland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richland:
- Cambria County (The home county of Richland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Dean
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Buckhorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Ashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Fallentimber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lloydville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Gallitzin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spindley City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Chest Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Flinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tunnelhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Patton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- King
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pavia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Maria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Waterside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- New Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Osterburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Loysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Highland Fling
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bellwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Tipton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Culp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Grazierville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Duncansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Frankstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Hollidaysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Glass City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Marengo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- North Philipsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Port Matilda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Musser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Stormstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Casanova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Fairbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Coalport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lyleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Utahville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Blain City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Rosebud
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Hegarty Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Irvona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glen Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Ginter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- McPherron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Ramey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Westover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Houtzdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Pennington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Water Street
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Huntingdon Furnace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Alexandria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Dungarvin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hesston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Huntingdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Alverda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Grisemore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Cherry Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Heilwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Glen Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Cookport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Pine Flats
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Hooverhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Kenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Nolo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Rexis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Jefferson County
- Winslow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Ogletown
(29 miles [46.7 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)
- Westmoreland County
- Seward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richland, see our County-by-County Page for Richland.
Cemeteries Near Richland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richland.
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 Richland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Altoona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44953 <2>
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Agudath Achim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Richland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Dean
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Condron
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Condron is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condron
- Dysart
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Wopsononock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wopsononock is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wopsononock
- Frugality
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Frugality is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frugality
- Ashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Augustine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- Amsbry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Elstie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elstie is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstie
- Van Ormer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Van Ormer is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ormer
- Chest Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Gallitzin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Juniata
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Juniata is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata
- Roots
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roots is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roots
- Lloydville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richland.
Newspapers Published in Richland ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richland, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richland.
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 Richland:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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 Richland, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |