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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 Tusseyville (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 Tusseyville. 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.

Tusseyville is located in Centre 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 Centre County: Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin & Union.

Below are the counties that are near Tusseyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tusseyville:

  • Centre County     (The home county of Tusseyville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Fruittown
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Fruittown is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
    • Potters Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Potters Mills is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
    • Centre Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Centre Hill is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
    • Centre Hall
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Linden Hall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Linden Hall is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
    • Spring Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Gap
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Boalsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Panorama Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Panorama Village is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
    • Penn Hall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Penn Hall is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall
    • Axemann
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Axemann is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
    • Lemont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Blair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Tyrone Forge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
    • Tyrone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Clearfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Kylertown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chester Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
    • Morrisdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Lamar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Abdera
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Abdera is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
    • Tylersville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Tylersville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
    • Cedar Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
    • Greenburr
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenburr is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
    • Salona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Salona is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
    • Mill Hall
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Rote
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Rote is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
    • Beech Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Flemington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Flemington is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
    • Loganton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Castanea
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Huntingdon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Ennisville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
    • Neffs Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
    • Donation
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Donation is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
    • Dungarvin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
    • Seven Stars
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
    • Huntingdon Furnace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
    • Petersburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Alexandria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntingdon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mill Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Birmingham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Juniata County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Mifflin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mifflin is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
    • Mifflintown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Doyles Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
    • McAlisterville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Royal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Mexico
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mexico is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
    • Old Port
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Port is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
    • Swales
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Swales is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
    • Reeds Gap
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
    • McCullochs Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
    • Locust Run
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Locust Run is located in Juniata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
    • Thompsontown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mifflin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Milroy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Honey Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Lumber City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
    • Reedsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kishacoquillas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
    • Yeagertown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Belleville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Highland Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • Alfarata
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Alfarata is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata
    • Lewistown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Juniata Terrace
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Ickesburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ickesburg is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
    • Eshcol
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Eshcol is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
    • Kistler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Kistler is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
  • Snyder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Bannerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bannerville is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
    • McClure
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Middle Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
    • Beaver Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
    • Benfer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Benfer is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
    • Troxelville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Troxelville is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
    • Beavertown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.
    • Cherry Run
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Cherry Run is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
    • Pardee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Pardee is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
    • Glen Iron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Glen Iron is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
    • Laurelton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Laurelton is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
    • Hartleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hartleton is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
    • Millmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tusseyville, see our County-by-County Page for Tusseyville.

Cemeteries Near Tusseyville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tusseyville.

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 Tusseyville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tusseyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.

  • Centre Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Centre County Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of State College.
    • The Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shiloh Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1885601 <3>
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Old Salem Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Heckman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Benner Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Slab Cabin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Long Lane Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (185 more) ...
    • Union Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hooleys Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tusseyville had a population of 163 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Tusseyville, with the one closest to Tusseyville listed first.

  • Potters Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Potters Mills is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
  • Centre Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Centre Hill is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hill
  • Centre Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Linden Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Linden Hall is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
  • Boalsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Spring Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Farmers Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmers Mills is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
  • Pleasant Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dale Summit
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dale Summit is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
  • Milroy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Penn Hall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Penn Hall is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall
  • Axemann
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Axemann is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Siglerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Siglerville is located in Mifflin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siglerville
    • Zerby
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Zerby is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
    • Zion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Zion is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tusseyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tusseyville.

Newspapers Published in Tusseyville ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tusseyville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tusseyville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tusseyville.

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 Tusseyville:

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>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- Tusseyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Tusseyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.