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 Twenty Row (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 Twenty Row. 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 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.
Twenty Row is located in Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Twenty Row. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twenty Row:
- Cambria County (The home county of Twenty Row)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Colver
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pindleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Revloc
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Revloc is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revloc
- Cardiff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Beula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beula is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beula
- Twin Rocks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belsano
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Nicktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Elmora
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Ebensburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nanty Glo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- White Mill Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Atwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Barnards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Elderton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Pavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pleasantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Osterburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Blue Knob
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Highland Fling
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Canan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Eldorado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Puzzletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Altoona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Duncansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollidaysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Frankstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Sylvis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Burnside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- McPherron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Coalport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Rosebud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- New Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Blain City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Irvona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Mayes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Alverda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Rexis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Grisemore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Heilwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Wehrum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Nolo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Kenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kenwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Pine Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Dilltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Suncliff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Cookport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Winslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Punxsutawney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Valier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Tire Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Paint
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Windber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Davidsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Benson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ogletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Thomas Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jerome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Blough
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Hooversville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Forward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Seward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Burrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Oak Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Livermore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Derry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Derry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
- Laurel Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
- Ligonier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Derry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twenty Row, see our County-by-County Page for Twenty Row.
Cemeteries Near Twenty Row ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twenty Row.
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 Twenty Row - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twenty Row covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Independent Country Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Land Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Twenty Row in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Twenty Row.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twenty Row, with the one closest to Twenty Row listed first.
- Pindleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Vetera
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vetera is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetera
- Belsano
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Ebensburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nicktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Carrolltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strongstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Noel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Noel is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Kaylor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kaylor is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Munster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Loretto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grisemore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- West Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Vinco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Patton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twenty Row. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twenty Row.
Newspapers Published in Twenty Row ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Twenty Row.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twenty Row, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Twenty Row.
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 Twenty Row:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Somerset 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 Twenty Row, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Twenty Row) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |