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 Vintondale (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 Vintondale. 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 and 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.
Vintondale 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 Vintondale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vintondale:
- Cambria County (The home county of Vintondale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Twin Rocks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Mill Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Belsano
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Cardiff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Nanty Glo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mundys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mundys Corner is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundys Corner
- Pindleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Wilmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vinco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Beula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beula is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beula
- Revloc
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Revloc is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revloc
- Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Atwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Elderton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Barnards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Blanco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Rural Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edmon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Pavia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Pleasantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- King
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Osterburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Blue Knob
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Canan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Highland Fling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Newry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Cotton Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Altoona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Claysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Sylvis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Lyleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- New Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Blain City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Irvona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Rosebud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Thompsontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Rexis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Dilltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nolo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Armagh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Littletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Suncliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Heilwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Heshbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Alverda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Jefferson County
- Winslow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Tire Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Paint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Davidsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Windber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Benson
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Blough
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Ogletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Hooversville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Jenners Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Burrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Oak Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Derry
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- New Derry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Laughlintown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain
(23 miles [37 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vintondale, see our County-by-County Page for Vintondale.
Cemeteries Near Vintondale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vintondale.
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 Vintondale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vintondale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Armagh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Land Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Conrad Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benshoff Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brush Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Headrick Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
- The Sacred Heart RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2411019 <3>
- Powell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Evans Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Vintondale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vintondale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vintondale, with the one closest to Vintondale listed first.
- Belsano
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Dilltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cramer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cramer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
- Wilmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vinco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Pindleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Strongstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Armagh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nolo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Suncliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clyde is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Brush Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Valley is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Valley
- Cassandra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cassandra is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vintondale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vintondale.
Newspapers Published in Vintondale ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vintondale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vintondale, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vintondale.
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 websites either 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 Vintondale:
- 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
- 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vintondale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Vintondale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |