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 West Kittanning (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 West Kittanning. 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.
West Kittanning is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near West Kittanning. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Kittanning:
- Armstrong County (The home county of West Kittanning)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Kittanning
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
- Applewold
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Applewold is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applewold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Wick City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wick City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick City
- Manorville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Gosford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gosford is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
- Walkchalk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Dog Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dog Town is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Ford City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ford Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ford Cliff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
- Lenape Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lenape Heights is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenape Heights
- West Ford City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Sligo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Rural Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Russellton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Springdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cheswick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Leasureville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Dennys Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Fenelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Kepples Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kepples Corners is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepples Corners
- Chicora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millerstown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Joe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Ekastown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Great Belt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Herman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Oakland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oakland
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Phillipston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- East Brady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Catfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Rimersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bela
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Leatherwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- New Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmont City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Toby
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- Hawthorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Shelocta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Willet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- West Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Parkwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Plumville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Smicksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Saltsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Davis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Clarksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Langville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Timblin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Worthville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Valier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Ohl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Summerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Coolspring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Oliveburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Corsica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Green Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Venango County
- Eakin Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Hyde Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Bagdad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- East Vandergrift
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Oklahoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Lower Burrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Avonmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Arnold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Kensington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Kittanning, see our County-by-County Page for West Kittanning.
Cemeteries Near West Kittanning ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Kittanning.
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 West Kittanning - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Kittanning covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Cowan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kittanning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wick City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #478503 <2>
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lawnhaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ford City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ukrainian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Croyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Worthington Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Cochran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brush Valley Brethren Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shotts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 West Kittanning in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Kittanning.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Kittanning, with the one closest to West Kittanning listed first.
- Kittanning
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Manorville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Ewing
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ewing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Gosford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gosford is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
- Walkchalk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- McHaddon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McHaddon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaddon
- Ford City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Buffalo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Buffalo is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buffalo
- Rosston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Adrian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Adrian is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Mosgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mosgrove is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosgrove
- West Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Valley is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Valley
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cowansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Worthington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Slate Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Kittanning. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Kittanning.
Newspapers Published in West Kittanning ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Kittanning.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Kittanning, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Kittanning.
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 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 West Kittanning:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Armstrong County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Venango 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 West Kittanning, 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 from Point A (ie- West Kittanning) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |