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 Seamentown (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 Seamentown. 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.
Seamentown 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 Seamentown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seamentown:
- Indiana County (The home county of Seamentown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Commodore
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Purchase Line
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Cookport
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Hillsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Pine Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Cherry Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Kenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Dicksonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dicksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonville
- Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Grisemore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Clymer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rayne
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rayne is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayne
- Alverda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Barnards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Atwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Bryan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elderton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rural Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Blanco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Echo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Eddyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- McWilliams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Muff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Oscar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Highland Fling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Garmantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Nicktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Spangler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Hastings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Benedict
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- White Mill Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Elmora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Belsano
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Carrolltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Fairmont City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hawthorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Sylvis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Burnside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Westover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- New Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Mahaffey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- McPherron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Thompsontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Bower
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Mayes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Cherry Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Curry Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Curry Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Run
- Blain City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Winslow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Valier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Punxsutawney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Albion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Oliveburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Panic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Timblin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Wishaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Coolspring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Green Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Sykesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Worthville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Langville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Somerset County
- Tire Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Seward
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Robb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bolivar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Burrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Livermore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Avonmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seamentown, see our County-by-County Page for Seamentown.
Cemeteries Near Seamentown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seamentown.
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 Seamentown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seamentown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- St. Elizabeths Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cookport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Diamondville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McDowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46469 <2>
- Rowley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rowley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45933 <2>
- Wampler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Marion Center.
- The Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Decker's Point Baptist Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148815 <2>
- Rich Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sample Run 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.<4>
While we didn't find Seamentown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seamentown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seamentown, with the one closest to Seamentown listed first.
- Purchase Line
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Cookport
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Pine Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Hillsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Kenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Spruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Deckers Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deckers Point is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckers Point
- Dixonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dixonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixonville
- Grisemore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Cush Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- Tanoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tanoma is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanoma
- Onberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Onberg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onberg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Penn Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pikes Peak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seamentown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seamentown.
Newspapers Published in Seamentown ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seamentown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seamentown, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seamentown.
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 Seamentown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seamentown) 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 Seamentown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |