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 Shakespeare Club (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 Shakespeare Club. 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.
Shakespeare Club is located in Centre 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 Centre County: Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Shakespeare Club. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shakespeare Club:
- Centre County (The home county of Shakespeare Club)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Livonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Wolfs Store
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Woodward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fiedler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Rebersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Aaronsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Millheim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Madisonburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonburg
- Zerby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Blanchard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blanchard is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Loganton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rauchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Greenburr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Tylersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- McElhattan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Youngdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
- Rote
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Avis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Castanea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Salona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Cedar Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Richfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Knousetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Swales
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- McAlisterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Seven Stars
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Collomsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Antes Fort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Antes Fort is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antes Fort
- Jersey Shore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Linden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Newberry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Newberry is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Duboistown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duboistown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duboistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Maple Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Garden View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garden View is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Grimesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grimesville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesville
- South Williamsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hughesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Salladasburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Salladasburg is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salladasburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Alfarata
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alfarata is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata
- Paintersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Honey Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Milroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Mooresburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Exchange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Washingtonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Watsontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dewart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McEwensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Potts Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Northumberland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Turbotville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sunbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction
- Asherton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Asherton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton
- Keefers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Mile Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mile Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run
- Perry County
- Pfoutz Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Penns Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Troxelville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Benfer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Coon Hunter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Middle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Paxtonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Globe Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Middleburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beavertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kratzerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Kreamer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Hartleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Red Bank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Laurelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Laurelton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
- Millmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mifflinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mazeppa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Glen Iron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glen Iron is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
- New Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pardee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Cherry Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Allenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shakespeare Club, see our County-by-County Page for Shakespeare Club.
Cemeteries Near Shakespeare Club ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shakespeare Club.
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 Shakespeare Club - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shakespeare Club covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Price Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hartleton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Schracktown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Limestone Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Old Cedars Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Long Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sierer Cemetery
- The Sierer Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143727 <2>
- Union Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stoltzfus Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ft. Antes Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Jersey Shore.
- The Pine Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Davidson Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45774 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Shakespeare Club in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shakespeare Club.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shakespeare Club, with the one closest to Shakespeare Club listed first.
- Carroll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Livonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Hartleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Rand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rand is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
- Forest Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Oriole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oriole is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Swengel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Swengel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swengel
- Rauchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Laurelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Laurelton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
- Millmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mifflinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cowan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cowan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Collomsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Oval
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oval is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval
- Booneville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Booneville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shakespeare Club. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shakespeare Club.
Newspapers Published in Shakespeare Club ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shakespeare Club.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shakespeare Club, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shakespeare Club.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Shakespeare Club:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Centre County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Juniata County
- Lycoming County
- Mifflin County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Snyder County
- Union 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shakespeare Club) 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 Shakespeare Club, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |