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 Vetera (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 Vetera. 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 hospitals and 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.
Vetera 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 Vetera. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vetera:
- Cambria County (The home county of Vetera)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Elmora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Colver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nicktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Spangler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Carrolltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Benedict
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Pindleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Northern Cambria
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- Revloc
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Revloc is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revloc
- Belsano
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Barnesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Beula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beula is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beula
- Cardiff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Atwood
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 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 Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Pavia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- King
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pleasantville
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Highland Fling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Eldorado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Blue Knob
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Altoona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Canan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Puzzletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Duncansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollidaysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Frankstown
(24 miles [38.6 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 Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Sylvis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Burnside
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- New Washington
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Coalport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Rosebud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Blain City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Irvona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Newburg
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 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 Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Alverda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Heilwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Pine Flats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Rexis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- 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
- Cherry Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Cookport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Wehrum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Suncliff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Commodore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Winslow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Punxsutawney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Valier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(27 miles [43.5 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 Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Tire Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Paint
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Davidsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ogletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Benson
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Blough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Forward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hooversville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Seward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Burrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Livermore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vetera, see our County-by-County Page for Vetera.
Cemeteries Near Vetera ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vetera.
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 Vetera - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vetera covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Independent Country Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nebo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Barnesboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North End Protestant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Vetera had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vetera, with the one closest to Vetera listed first.
- Nicktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Pindleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Carrolltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belsano
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Ebensburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Strongstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Patton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hastings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grisemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Noel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Noel is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Kaylor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kaylor is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Loretto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spruce is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Munster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vetera. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vetera.
Newspapers Published in Vetera ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vetera.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vetera, 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 Vetera.
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 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 Vetera:
- 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 Vetera, 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- Vetera) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |