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 Sharpsburg (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 Sharpsburg. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Sharpsburg 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 Sharpsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharpsburg:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Sharpsburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Donation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ennisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Mount Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birdville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Huntingdon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Neffs Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Mapleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Aughwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- McConnellstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Alexandria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Covedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Williamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Point View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Shellytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Tyrone Forge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Culp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Beavertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Flowing Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Oreminea
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Grazierville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Pine Grove Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Bloomsdorf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Musser
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Boalsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marengo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Panorama Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Krumrine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Linden Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- State College
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fruittown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Concord
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Roxbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Waterfall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Cabins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Clear Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Peru Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- East Rutherford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Perulack
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Doyles Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mifflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Old Port
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Allensville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Atkinson Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Mattawana
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Belleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Kistler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Anderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Kishacoquillas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Juniata Terrace
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- New Germantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Bixler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Cisna Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Ickesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Centre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Eshcol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Elliottsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Landisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Bannerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharpsburg, see our County-by-County Page for Sharpsburg.
Cemeteries Near Sharpsburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharpsburg.
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 Sharpsburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharpsburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Detweiler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Campbell Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hartzler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mattawana Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mateer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Goodman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old White Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Sharpsburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sharpsburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharpsburg, with the one closest to Sharpsburg listed first.
- Allensville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Airydale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Airydale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airydale
- Atkinson Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Mattawana
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Menno
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Donation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vineyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vineyard is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Ryde
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ryde is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryde
- Saulsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saulsburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsburg
- Horningford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ardenheim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ardenheim is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardenheim
- Newton Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Longfellow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharpsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharpsburg.
Newspapers Published in Sharpsburg ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharpsburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharpsburg, 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 Sharpsburg.
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 Sharpsburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Perry County
- Snyder 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 Sharpsburg, 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' (or 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- Sharpsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |