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 Van Voorhis Hill (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 Van Voorhis Hill. 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.
Van Voorhis Hill is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland, Brooke (WV), Hancock (WV), Marshall (WV) & Ohio (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Van Voorhis Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Van Voorhis Hill:
- Washington County (The home county of Van Voorhis Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Scenery Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Deemston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Beallsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marianna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Daisytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lover
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bissell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Lone Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Coal Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dunningsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dunningsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunningsville
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Sunny Side
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Cochrans Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Library
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
- Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
- Jefferson
- Bethel Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clairton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Brightwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brightwood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood
- Pleasant Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coal Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Valley is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- La Belle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- La Belle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- East Millsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millsboro
- Luzerne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Newell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Alicia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alicia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hiller
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chamouni
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Arensburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arensburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arensburg
- Heistersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Belle Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fayette City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Isabella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chartiers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Rices Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lippincott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Carmichaels
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Stringtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Fairdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Khedive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Morrisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Swarts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swarts is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swarts
- West Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Gibsonton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- Monessen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Belle Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Webster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Smithton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sutersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Shaner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- Wyano
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
- Herminie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yukon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brooke County (WV)
- Bethany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Dallas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dallas is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Calis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Calis is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calis
- Rocklick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Bowlby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Blacksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Baker Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Canyon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Cassville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Osage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Star City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Wana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cheat Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Granville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Miracle Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miracle Run is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Run
- Maple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Ohio County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Potomac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
- Valley Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Point Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Point Mills is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
- West Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Van Voorhis Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Van Voorhis Hill.
Cemeteries Near Van Voorhis Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Van Voorhis Hill.
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 Van Voorhis Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Van Voorhis Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Beallsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scenery Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenery Hill Cemetery
- The Scenery Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1962382 <2>
- St. Clements Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Brethren Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buckingham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Letherman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letherman Cemetery
- The Letherman Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Pigeon Creek Dunkard Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (509 more) ...
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Horn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Marianna.
- The Horn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horn Burial Ground
- Horns Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45150 <2>
- Westland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Van Voorhis Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Van Voorhis Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Van Voorhis Hill, with the one closest to Van Voorhis Hill listed first.
- Scenery Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Beallsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deemston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Vanceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vanceville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
- Odell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Odell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Fredericktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lover
- Bakers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bakers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Bissell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Millsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glyde
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyde
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lone Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Ten Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Castile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Castile is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castile
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Van Voorhis Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Van Voorhis Hill.
Newspapers Published in Van Voorhis Hill ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Van Voorhis Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Van Voorhis Hill, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Van Voorhis Hill.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Van Voorhis Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Westmoreland County
- Brooke County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Ohio 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Van Voorhis Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Van Voorhis Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |