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 Spring Valley (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 Spring Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Spring Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Valley: Spring Vly. (or less commonly used: Spring Vally. or Spring Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Spring Valley is located in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County: Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Indiana & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Valley:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Spring Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Woodland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barrett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barrett is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Wallaceton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Clearfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sanborn is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- West Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Hyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hyde is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Mount Joy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Plymptonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plymptonville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymptonville
- Glen Richey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Richey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Richey
- Ashland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Tyrone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grazierville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tipton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tyrone Forge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Bellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Culp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Flinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fallentimber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lloydville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Dean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dysart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Thomas Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Hastings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Barnesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Chest Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Cameron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Mix Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mix Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run
- Driftwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wyside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wyside is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
- Huntley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huntley is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- North Philipsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Philipsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Casanova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Casanova is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
- Glass City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Pine Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Glen is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Moshannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Port Matilda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Shoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stormstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Clinton County
- Keating
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keating is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Scattertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scattertown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattertown
- Caledonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Byrnedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Benezette
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Dents Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dents Run is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
- Brockport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Challenge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Kylers Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kylers Corners is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kylers Corners
- Dagus Mines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
- Shawmut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Horton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Pennington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Dungarvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Huntingdon Furnace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Water Street
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Glen Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Urey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Johnsonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Hooverhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Rossiter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Sykesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Falls Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoast is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoast
- Red Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Prescottville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Winslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Crenshaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Reynoldsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sandy Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
- Wishaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Brockway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Valley.
Cemeteries Near Spring Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Valley.
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 Spring Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Stoneville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fulton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goss Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Owens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sanborn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Crest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Baughman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (164 more) ...
- Mokes Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emigh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Agnes 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.<3>
While we didn't find Spring Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Woodland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bigler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bigler is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigler
- Clearfield Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield Junction
- Wallaceton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Leonard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leonard is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Jeffries
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jeffries is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffries
- West Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Shiloh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Clearfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Glen Richey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Richey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Richey
- Oshanter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oshanter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshanter
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Morrisdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bloomington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Valley.
Newspapers Published in Spring Valley ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Valley, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Spring Valley:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Cameron County
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Elk County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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 Spring Valley, 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- Spring Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |