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 Stonerstown (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 Stonerstown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Stonerstown is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Stonerstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stonerstown:
- Bedford County (The home county of Stonerstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Riddlesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Langdondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Marble City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Woodbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Loysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Maria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Coaldale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- New Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Salemville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Clover Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Beavertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Claysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roaring Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oreminea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Cotton Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Shellytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Brooks Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Royer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Newry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duncansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Puritan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Bens Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Oil City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Scarlan Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Tunnelhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cresson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Portage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sankertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Sonman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Spring Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Beaverdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Dunlo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Cowans Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Metal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Dry Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Freestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Fort Loudon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Newbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Cove Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Dickey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Keefers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Waterfall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Laidig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Akersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Clear Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Crystal Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Fort Littleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Emmaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Pleasant Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Burnt Cabins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Knobsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Coalmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Middletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Dudley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Broad Top City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Robertsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Salter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Cooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Entriken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Todd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Joller ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Kimmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Coles ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Juniata County
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Kistler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Atkinson Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Ogletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Central City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Windber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stonerstown, see our County-by-County Page for Stonerstown.
Cemeteries Near Stonerstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stonerstown.
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 Stonerstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stonerstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Granview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colmont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rhoat Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Duvalls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stonerook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Memorial
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ave Maria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nicodemus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Kensinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shriver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Stonerstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stonerstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stonerstown, with the one closest to Stonerstown listed first.
- Coalmont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Riddlesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Henrietta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Defiance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Defiance is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Dudley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Woodbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kearney is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Curryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Curryville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Waterside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Clover Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Yellow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Robertsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stonerstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stonerstown.
Newspapers Published in Stonerstown ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stonerstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stonerstown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stonerstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stonerstown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset 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 Stonerstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Stonerstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |