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 Shaffersville (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 Shaffersville. 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 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.
Shaffersville is located in Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata & Mifflin.
Below are the counties that are near Shaffersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shaffersville:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Shaffersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Water Street
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Alexandria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Pennington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- McConnellstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Huntingdon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Donation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Dungarvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Hesston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Maria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Riddlesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- King
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Waterside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Langdondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Marble City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Saxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Covedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Culp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Tyrone Forge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Franklin Forge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Point View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grazierville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Williamsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flowing Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Bellwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Lloydville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Buckhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Dean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Fallentimber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amsbry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Ashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gallitzin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Flinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spindley City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Marengo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Musser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Fairbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Port Matilda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stormstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Sandy Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Pine Grove Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomsdorf
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Scotia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- New Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Park Forest Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Ginter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Osceola Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ramey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Utahville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Brisbin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Houtzdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Chester Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Hegarty Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Coalport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Fulton County
- Waterfall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Peru Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Perulack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Allensville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Atkinson Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Menno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Kistler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- McVeytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Belleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mattawana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Kishacoquillas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Anderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Juniata Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shaffersville, see our County-by-County Page for Shaffersville.
Cemeteries Near Shaffersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shaffersville.
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 Shaffersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shaffersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Shaffersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waterstreet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alexandria Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Hartslog Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Loop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cryder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McGuire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Huyett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Petersburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Franklinville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Shaffersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shaffersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shaffersville, with the one closest to Shaffersville listed first.
- Water Street
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Alexandria
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Barree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barree is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barree
- Spruce Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Arch Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arch Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch Spring
- Yellow Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring
- Petersburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carlim
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carlim is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlim
- Franklinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklinville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
- Covedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Culp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Point View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(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 Shaffersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shaffersville.
Newspapers Published in Shaffersville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shaffersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shaffersville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shaffersville.
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 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 Shaffersville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Fulton County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin 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> | 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 Shaffersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shaffersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |