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 Spruce Creek (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 Spruce Creek. 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 Spruce Creek ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Spruce Creek: Spruce Crk. (or less commonly used: Spruce Ck. or Spruce Cr.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Spruce Creek 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 Spruce Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spruce Creek:
- Huntingdon County (The home county of Spruce Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Water Street
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Huntingdon Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Seven Stars
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Birmingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Alexandria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Dungarvin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Neffs Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Donation
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Huntingdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Hesston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- King
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Tyrone Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Culp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Grazierville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Tyrone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Covedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Point View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin Forge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bellwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Royer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Lloydville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Buckhorn
(18 miles [29 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
- Fallentimber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dysart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dysart is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysart
- Ashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Amsbry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amsbry is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbry
- Gallitzin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tunnelhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Spindley City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spindley City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindley City
- Chest Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Cresson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Marengo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Musser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Ramblewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Port Matilda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Stormstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- Sandy Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Pine Grove Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomsdorf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Scotia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- New Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Park Forest Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Glass City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Ginter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Osceola Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brisbin
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Ramey
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Chester Hill
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Hegarty Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Belsena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belsena is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsena
- Belsena has also been known as:
- Belsena Mills
- Blain City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Peru Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Allensville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Menno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Atkinson Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Belleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McVeytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kistler
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Mattawana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Kishacoquillas
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Lumber City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Reedsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Burnham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spruce Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Spruce Creek.
Cemeteries Near Spruce Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spruce Creek.
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 Spruce Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spruce Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Shaffersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Waterstreet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Alexandria Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Hartslog Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McGuire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Franklinville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cryder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Birmingham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Loop Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Petersburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Spruce Creek had a population of 213 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spruce Creek, with the one closest to Spruce Creek listed first.
- Union Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Union Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Water Street
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Barree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barree is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barree
- Franklinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklinville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
- Arch Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arch Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch Spring
- Alexandria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Culp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Pennington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Warriors Mark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Yellow Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring
- Cottage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cottage is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Vail
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vail is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spruce Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spruce Creek.
Newspapers Published in Spruce Creek ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spruce Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spruce Creek, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spruce Creek.
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 Spruce Creek:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Clearfield 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 Spruce Creek, 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- Spruce Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |