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 Scotch Hollow (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 Scotch Hollow. 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.
Name Variations for Scotch Hollow ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Scotch Hollow: Scotch Holw. (or less commonly used: Scotch Hlw. or Scotch Hllw.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Scotch Hollow is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Scotch Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotch Hollow:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Scotch Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Ashland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Osceola Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parsonsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Brisbin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Chester Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- West Decatur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Sanborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Wallaceton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Morrisdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houtzdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ginter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Belsena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Tyrone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grazierville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tyrone Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Tipton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bellwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Culp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Highland Fling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Point View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Covedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Flowing Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Franklin Forge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Lloydville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Flinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fallentimber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Thomas Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Buckhorn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Ashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Patton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chest Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Hastings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- New Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Glass City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- North Philipsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Casanova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Port Matilda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stormstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Marengo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Julian
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moshannon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Scattertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Byrnedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Pennington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Dungarvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Birmingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Huntingdon Furnace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Water Street
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Neffs Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Alexandria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Donation
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Ennisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Huntingdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Urey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Hooverhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Cherry Tree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Johnsonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Sykesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotch Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Scotch Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Scotch Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotch Hollow.
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 Scotch Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotch Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Umbria Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umbria Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Umbria Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Osceola Mills.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #449527 <2>
- Centre UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre UMC Cemetery
- The Centre UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centre Cemetery
- Centre United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44557 <2>
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mokes Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Philipsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Henderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Baughman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alexander Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Scotch Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scotch Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotch Hollow, with the one closest to Scotch Hollow listed first.
- Osceola Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Victor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Victor is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Gearhartville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gearhartville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhartville
- Brisbin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Goss Run Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goss Run Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Run Junction
- Graham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- West Decatur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Jeffries
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffries is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffries
- Kendrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kendrick is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Sandy Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Houtzdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Morann
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morann is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morann
- Loch Lomond Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loch Lomond Junction is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lomond Junction
- Morrisdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotch Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotch Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Scotch Hollow ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotch Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotch Hollow, 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 Scotch Hollow.
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 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 Scotch Hollow:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Elk County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 Scotch Hollow, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scotch Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |