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 Seminole (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 Seminole. 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 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.
Seminole is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Seminole. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seminole:
- Armstrong County (The home county of Seminole)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Putneyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Eddyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- South Bethlehem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Deanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- McWilliams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Millville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Muff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Dee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Echo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Dayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Sligo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Kepples Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Petrolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Chicora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fenelton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Karns City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bruin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Millerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Joe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Dennys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Leasureville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- North Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Fairmont City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Bethlehem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawthorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Piolett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Lawsonham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Brinkerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brinkerton is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkerton
- Frogtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Rimersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Curllsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curllsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
- Phillipston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Stanley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Troutville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Burnside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Helvetia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Helvetia is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
- Forest County
- Clarington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Smicksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Trade City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade City
- Elkin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Georgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Plumville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Mottarns Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mottarns Mill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottarns Mill
- Marchand
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchand
- Ambrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ambrose is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose
- Davis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Willet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Chambersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Langville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Worthville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Timblin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Ohl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Summerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Coolspring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Baxter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Oliveburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Corsica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Green Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Nickleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Eakin Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Emlenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Hyde Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- West Leechburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- East Vandergrift
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Oklahoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Avonmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Salina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seminole, see our County-by-County Page for Seminole.
Cemeteries Near Seminole ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seminole.
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 Seminole - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seminole covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mateer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cochran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dayton Glad Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Valley Brethren Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Croyle Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smicksburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (185 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wick City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #478503 <2>
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 Seminole in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seminole.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seminole, with the one closest to Seminole listed first.
- Putneyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Goheenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goheenville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goheenville
- Eddyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Fairmont City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Bethlehem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Deanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Muff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Belknap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- McWilliams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Kellersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kellersburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellersburg
- Dee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Leatherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mahoning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mahoning is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Templeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Widnoon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Widnoon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widnoon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seminole. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seminole.
Newspapers Published in Seminole ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seminole.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seminole, 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 Seminole.
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 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 Seminole:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Forest County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Venango 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 Seminole, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seminole) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |