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 Tamarack (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 Tamarack. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Tamarack is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Tamarack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tamarack:
- Clinton County (The home county of Tamarack)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Hammersley Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
- Bitumen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bitumen is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitumen
- Westport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Renovo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Renovo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Renovo is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Renovo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Farwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farwell is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
- North Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cooks Run is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Run
- Keating
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Keating is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Beech Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farrandsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farrandsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrandsville
- Swissdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swissdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissdale
- Flemington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flemington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
- Cameron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Wyside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyside is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
- Driftwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huntley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Huntley is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Cameron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cameron is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Mix Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mix Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run
- Emporium
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weber City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Weber City is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Beechwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beechwood is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Monument
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Monument is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
- Poorman Side
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Poorman Side is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorman Side
- Pine Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Glen is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Clarence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pancake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pancake is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
- Romola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Romola is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romola
- Snow Shoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moshannon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
- Blanchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchard is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Howard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Pottersdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
- Keewaydin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Dents Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dents Run is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
- Grant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Benezette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Hilborn
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hilborn is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilborn
- Jersey Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- English Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- English Mills is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Mills
- Carsontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carsontown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsontown
- Oregon Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oregon Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Hill
- Ramsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Brookside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brookside is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Lorenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lorenton is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenton
- McKean County
- Gardeau
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gardeau is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardeau
- Potter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- New Bergen ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Bergen is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bergen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Austin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ayers Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ayers Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Hill
- Inez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Sweden Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sweden Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Valley
- Galeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coudersport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brookland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brookland is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookland
- Sunderlinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sunderlinville is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderlinville
- Roulette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gold is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Hebron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Blackwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blackwell is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Pine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Manhattan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manhattan is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
- Hoytville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hoytville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Thumptown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thumptown is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thumptown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tamarack, see our County-by-County Page for Tamarack.
Cemeteries Near Tamarack ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tamarack.
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 Tamarack - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tamarack covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- New Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Noyes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Robbins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shintown Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brooks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (67 more) ...
- Wharton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McFall Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Tamarack in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tamarack.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tamarack, with the one closest to Tamarack listed first.
- Hammersley Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
- Cross Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bitumen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bitumen is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitumen
- Westport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shintown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shintown
- Renovo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cooks Run is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Run
- Logue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Logue is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logue
- First Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- First Fork is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Fork
- Keating
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Keating is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Oleona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oleona is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleona
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wharton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Hyner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hyner is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyner
- Conrad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Conrad is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tamarack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tamarack.
Newspapers Published in Tamarack ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tamarack.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tamarack, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tamarack.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Tamarack:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cameron County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Elk County
- Lycoming County
- McKean County
- Potter County
- Tioga 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 Tamarack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Tamarack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |