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 Vineyard (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 Vineyard. 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 hospitals 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.
Vineyard is located in Mifflin 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 Mifflin County: Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Snyder & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Vineyard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vineyard:
- Mifflin County (The home county of Vineyard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Atkinson Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Newton Hamilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- McVeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mattawana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- Kistler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Menno
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Anderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Belleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Juniata Terrace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Kishacoquillas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Riddlesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Saxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Covedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Shellytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Williamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Springfield Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beavertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Oreminea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Point View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Flowing Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Royer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Royer is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royer
- Culp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Clover Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Pine Grove Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Bloomsdorf
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Musser
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Boalsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Fruittown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Linden Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- State College
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Krumrine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Newburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Big Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Shippensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Plainfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Doylestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Dry Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Newbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newbridge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Mowersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Orrstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Freestone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Metal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Pinola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Keefers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Keefers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Clear Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Waterfall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Littleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Knobsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- Wells Tannery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Mount Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aughwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Birdville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Mapleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Shirleysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blairs Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Donation
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Colfax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Huntingdon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Orbisonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Peru Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Perulack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- East Rutherford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- McCullochs Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Doyles Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Old Port
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mifflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- New Germantown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kistler
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Cisna Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Bixler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Centre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Ickesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Eshcol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Landisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alinda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Elliottsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Falling Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vineyard, see our County-by-County Page for Vineyard.
Cemeteries Near Vineyard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vineyard.
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 Vineyard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vineyard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Hamilton United Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Huling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Otelia Mennonite Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bell's Furnace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barkley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartzler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Fields Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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, Vineyard had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vineyard, with the one closest to Vineyard listed first.
- Ryde
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ryde is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryde
- Atkinson Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinson Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Mills
- Newton Hamilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Mount Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blacklog
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blacklog is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklog
- Mattawana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mattawana is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana
- McVeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peru Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Airydale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Airydale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airydale
- Allensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Longfellow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Horningford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Horningford is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horningford
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mill Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mapleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Shirleysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vineyard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vineyard.
Newspapers Published in Vineyard ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vineyard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vineyard, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vineyard.
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 Vineyard:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mifflin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Perry 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 Vineyard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vineyard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |