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 Sankertown (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 Sankertown. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Sankertown 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 Sankertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sankertown:
- Cambria County (The home county of Sankertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Cresson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Tunnelhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Gallitzin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loretto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Munster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Amsbry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Spindley City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Bens Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Scarlan Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Winterset
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Winterset is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Pavia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Osterburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- New Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Waterside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Salemville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Loysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clairsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Canan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blue Knob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Duncansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altoona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hollidaysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Brooks Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Frankstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Centre County
- Sandy Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Lyleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Blain City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rosebud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Sylvis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Utahville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Westover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- McPherron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Irvona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Glen Hope
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Marklesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Entriken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Water Street
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Hesston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Pennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Coalmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Salter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Dudley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Alverda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Rexis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Grisemore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Heilwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Nolo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Pine Flats
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Dilltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Kenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Armagh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Ogletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Paint
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Davidsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blough
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Thomas Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Central City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hooversville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Seward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Robb
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sankertown, see our County-by-County Page for Sankertown.
Cemeteries Near Sankertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sankertown.
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 Sankertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sankertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Loretto.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46182 <2>
- St. Bridgids Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lillydale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bennington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Amsbry Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Lloyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prospect Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Portage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146685 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Sankertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sankertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sankertown, with the one closest to Sankertown listed first.
- Cresson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lucket
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lucket is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucket
- Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Wildwood Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Gallitzin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loretto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Noel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Noel is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Munster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Elstie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elstie is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstie
- Amsbry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Kaylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kaylor is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Bens Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sonman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Ashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sankertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sankertown.
Newspapers Published in Sankertown ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sankertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sankertown, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sankertown.
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 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 Sankertown:
- 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
- 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 Sankertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Sankertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |