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 Saltsburg (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 Saltsburg. 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 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 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.
Saltsburg is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Saltsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saltsburg:
- Indiana County (The home county of Saltsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- West Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Clarksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aultman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Parkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Jacksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Shelocta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smathers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- White
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Shado-Wood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shado-Wood Village
- Ben Avon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ben Avon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Avon
- Black Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Blairsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Karns
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Sligo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Natrona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Leechburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- New Texas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(21 miles [33.8 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>
- Tarentum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Unity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Cheswick
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Harwick
(23 miles [37 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 Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Olivet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Spring Church
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edmon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Elderton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Orchard Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- North Apollo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Apollo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whitesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Atwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Leechburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blanco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Leasureville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Ekastown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Saxonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fenelton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Frazier Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Herman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Vintondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- White Mill Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Wilmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belsano
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Twin Rocks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cardiff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Brownstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Lilly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Westmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
- Conemaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- East Conemaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Conemaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Elim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elim is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Fairmont City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- New Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Phillipston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Fayette County
- Laurelville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Jefferson County
- Valier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Laurel Mountain Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Tire Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Avonmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Salina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Nihil
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nihil is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nihil
- Slickville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slickville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickville
- East Vandergrift
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Oklahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- New Alexandria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vandergrift
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Congruity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Congruity is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congruity
- Hyde Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saltsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Saltsburg.
Cemeteries Near Saltsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saltsburg.
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 Saltsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saltsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Bend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Conemaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McIntire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maysville Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Townsend Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- West View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Kunkle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boiling Springs Presbyterian Cemetery
- Spring Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1985924 <2>
- Spring Church Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saltsburg had a population of 1,088 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Saltsburg had a population of 800 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saltsburg, with the one closest to Saltsburg listed first.
- Clarksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elders Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elders Ridge is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders Ridge
- Olivet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- South Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- Nowrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nowrytown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowrytown
- Parkwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Shady Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Plain is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Plain
- Avonmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crete
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crete is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Girty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Girty is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girty
- Shelocta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Tunnelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tunnelton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelton
- Bow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saltsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saltsburg.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Saltsburg ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saltsburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Saltsburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Saltsburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Saltsburg.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of Saltsburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Saltsburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Fayette 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> | 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- Saltsburg) 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 Saltsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |