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 Wesley Chapel (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 Wesley Chapel. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wesley Chapel:
- Cambria County (The home county of Wesley Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- West Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Vinco
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Mineral Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- East Conemaugh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Conemaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Mundys Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mundys Corner is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundys Corner
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Cassandra
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cassandra is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Ehrenfeld
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ehrenfeld is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehrenfeld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- South Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
- Conemaugh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- Wilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Pavia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Pleasantville
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- New Paris
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Osterburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Saint Clairsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Schellsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Salemville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Kegg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kegg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
- Waterside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Blue Knob
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Cotton Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Claysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Canan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Eldorado
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Hollidaysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roaring Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Sylvis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Burnside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Lyleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- McPherron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Blain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Rexis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Armagh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dilltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Littletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Heshbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Nolo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Suncliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Alverda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Heilwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Tire Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Paint
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Davidsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Benson
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Thomas Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Jerome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Blough
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Ogletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Hooversville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Forward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Seward
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Bolivar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Laurel Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Laughlintown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Ligonier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Derry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Darlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wesley Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Wesley Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Wesley Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wesley Chapel.
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 Wesley Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wesley Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Headrick Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Benshoff Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Petka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Daisytown.
- The Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cover Cemetery
- Singer Cemetery
- Singer Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45637 <2>
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hungarian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wesley Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wesley Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wesley Chapel, with the one closest to Wesley Chapel listed first.
- Mineral Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Vinco
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Cassandra
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cassandra is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Conemaugh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- South Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ehrenfeld
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ehrenfeld is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehrenfeld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Wilmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lilly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summerhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stonycreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stonycreek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycreek
- Geistown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Geistown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ferndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cramer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cramer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
- Walsall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walsall is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wesley Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wesley Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Wesley Chapel ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wesley Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wesley Chapel, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wesley Chapel.
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 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 Wesley Chapel:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Indiana 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> | 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- Wesley Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wesley Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |