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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 Weltytown (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 Weltytown. 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.

Weltytown is located in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.

Below are the counties that are near Weltytown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weltytown:

  • Westmoreland County     (The home county of Weltytown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Lycippus
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Lycippus is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycippus
    • Kecksburg
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
    • Calumet
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • United
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • United is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
    • Manito
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Manito is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manito
    • Mount Joy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
    • Beatty
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Beatty is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
    • Lawson Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lawson Heights is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Heights
    • Youngstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingston is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Donegal
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Allegheny County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Buena Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Wall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wall is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
    • White Oak
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Boston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Versailles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Versailles is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
    • East McKeesport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • North Versailles
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pitcairn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverton is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
    • Lincoln
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
    • Clairton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Elizabeth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Armstrong County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Edmon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Edmon is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
    • Apollo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Apollo is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apollo <1>
    • Olivet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Olivet is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Orchard Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
    • North Apollo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Spring Church
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Leechburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Cambria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Elim
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Elim is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
    • Southmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Southmont is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
    • Westmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Westmont is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
    • Brownstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Cambria City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cambria City is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
    • Ferndale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Johnstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lilly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lilly is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
    • Belmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Belmont is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Conemaugh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
    • Daisytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Daisytown is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
    • Dale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dale is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Laurelville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Laurelville is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
    • Bear Rocks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
    • White
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • White is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
    • Champion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Everson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Everson is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Indian Head
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Indian Head is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
    • Seven Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Connellsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dawson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dickerson Run
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dickerson Run is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Run
    • South Connellsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vanderbilt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Indiana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Bow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Bow is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
    • White
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • White is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
    • Blairsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinson is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
    • Clarksburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Black Lick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Lick is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
    • Palmertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Josephine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Josephine is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
    • Jacksonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Coral
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Graceton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Graceton is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
    • Heshbon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Heshbon is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Laurel Mountain Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bakersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bakersville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
    • Roytown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Roytown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
    • Jennerstown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sipesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sipesville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipesville
    • Lavansville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lavansville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavansville
    • Jenners Crossroads
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
    • Jenners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jenners is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners
    • Husband
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Husband is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Husband
    • New Lexington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Lexington is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
    • Gideon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gideon is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
    • New Centerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • New Centerville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.
    • Donora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Donora is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donora <1>
    • Twilight
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Twilight is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Allenport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Black Diamond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Black Diamond is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
    • Charleroi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Dunlevy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Long Branch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Long Branch is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
    • North Charleroi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • North Charleroi is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charleroi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
    • Riverview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Riverview is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Roscoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Roscoe is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
    • Speers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Speers is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Stockdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weltytown, see our County-by-County Page for Weltytown.

Cemeteries Near Weltytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weltytown.

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 Weltytown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weltytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.

  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Xavier Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shirey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Porch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Vincent Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hillview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Feightner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Polish Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (340 more) ...
    • Green Lick Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brown Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Holy Sacrament Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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>

While we didn't find Weltytown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weltytown.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Weltytown, with the one closest to Weltytown listed first.

  • Mammoth
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
  • Kecksburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
  • Trauger
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Trauger is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trauger
  • Lycippus
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lycippus is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycippus
  • Pleasant Unity
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • United
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • United is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
  • Calumet
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Whitney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitney is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Mutual
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mutual is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
  • Laurelville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurelville is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
  • Hostetter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hostetter is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostetter
  • Southwest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Southwest is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Acme
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Manito
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Manito is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manito
    • Weavers Old Stand
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Weavers Old Stand is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Old Stand

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weltytown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weltytown.

Newspapers Published in Weltytown ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weltytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weltytown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weltytown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Weltytown:

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 Weltytown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weltytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.