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 Stifflertown (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 Stifflertown. 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 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.
Stifflertown 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 Stifflertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stifflertown:
- Clearfield County (The home county of Stifflertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Burnside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Westover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- New Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- McPherron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Mahaffey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thompsontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Mayes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Bower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bower is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Coalport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cherry Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Corner is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Corner
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Atwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Barnards
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Rural Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eddyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- McWilliams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Echo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Elderton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Blanco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Muff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muff
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Highland Fling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Altoona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Canan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Grazierville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Duncansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Knob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Garmantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Barnesboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Spangler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Hastings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Saint Benedict
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Thomas Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Elmora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Carrolltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Uniontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Cherry Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Hillsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hooverhurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Glen Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cookport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Purchase Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Urey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Alverda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Commodore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Winslow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Punxsutawney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Valier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Sykesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oliveburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Panic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Wishaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Prescottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Reynoldsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Green Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Timblin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Seward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stifflertown, see our County-by-County Page for Stifflertown.
Cemeteries Near Stifflertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stifflertown.
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 Stifflertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stifflertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Uniontown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46469 <2>
- Grass Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Barnesboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North End Protestant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. John The Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rowley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rowley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Hillsdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45933 <2>
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McDowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cookport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Stifflertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stifflertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stifflertown, with the one closest to Stifflertown listed first.
- Patchinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Cush Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- Spruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Hillsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- West Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Burnside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Cookport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Glen Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hastings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Purchase Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Grisemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- New Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stifflertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stifflertown.
Newspapers Published in Stifflertown ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stifflertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stifflertown, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stifflertown.
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 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 Stifflertown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clearfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Centre County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Westmoreland 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 Stifflertown, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stifflertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |