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 Vanceville (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 Vanceville. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Vanceville 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 Vanceville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vanceville:
- Washington County (The home county of Vanceville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Dunningsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dunningsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunningsville
- Scenery Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eighty Four
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilkeson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gilkeson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkeson
- Sudan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sudan is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
- Baidland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
- Lone Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Lover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lover
- Braddock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Braddock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock
- Laboratory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laboratory is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laboratory
- Beallsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Sunny Side
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Library
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bethel Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Upper Saint Clair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- West Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brightwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brightwood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwood
- Clairton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mendelssohn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendelssohn
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- La Belle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- La Belle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- Newell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Belle Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Millsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Millsboro
- Luzerne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Luzerne is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Fairhope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairhope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
- Fayette City
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Lynnwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
- Alicia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alicia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Chamouni
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Arnold City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Brownstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brownstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chartiers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chartiers is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartiers
- 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
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Lippincott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Rices Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Swarts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swarts is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swarts
- Carmichaels
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Khedive
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Morrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Stringtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Gibsonton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- Monessen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Belle Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Sutersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smithton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Shaner
(18 miles [29 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 east)
- Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
- Herminie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rillton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Mingo Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brilliant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brilliant is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
- Deandale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Deandale is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deandale
- Georges Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Georges Run is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Run
- Brooke County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Bethany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hooverson Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
- Dutch Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dutch Town is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Shank Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shank Town is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shank Town
- Wellsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Follansbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Bottom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beech Bottom is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville 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 southwest)
- Calis is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calis
- Rocklick
(30 miles [48.3 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 Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Bowlby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Blacksville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Maidsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Ohio County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Potomac
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
- Point Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Point Mills is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
- Valley Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Triadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vanceville, see our County-by-County Page for Vanceville.
Cemeteries Near Vanceville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vanceville.
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 Vanceville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vanceville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Pigeon Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Letherman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letherman Cemetery
- The Letherman Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Pigeon Creek Dunkard Cemetery
- Scenery Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- 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. Lukes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- United Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Clements Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beallsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Brethren Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Munntown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grimes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (467 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Vanceville had a population of 121 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vanceville, with the one closest to Vanceville listed first.
- Odell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Odell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Glyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyde
- Scenery Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dunningsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dunningsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunningsville
- Kammerer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kammerer is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kammerer
- Wylandville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wylandville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylandville
- Eighty Four
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Strabane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Strabane is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Strabane
- Gilkeson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gilkeson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkeson
- Zediker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zediker is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zediker
- Lone Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Baidland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Thomas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thomas is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Bakers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bakers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Lover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lover is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vanceville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vanceville.
Newspapers Published in Vanceville ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vanceville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vanceville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vanceville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Vanceville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Westmoreland County
- Jefferson 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> | 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 Vanceville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vanceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |