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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 West Saxonburg (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 Saxonburg. 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.
Name Variations for West Saxonburg ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Saxonburg: W. Saxonburg
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
West Saxonburg is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near West Saxonburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Saxonburg:
- Butler County (The home county of West Saxonburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Frazier Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Saxonburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Great Belt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Ekastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Glade Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Herman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Dennys Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Oak Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills
- Brownsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Leasureville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Meadowood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- McCalmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Culmerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Curtisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Russellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Karns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Sligo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Gibsonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brackenridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Natrona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Tarentum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indianola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wildwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Slate Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Shadyside Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- McVille
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Worthington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Ford City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Laird Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Neale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Rosston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Walkchalk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Leechburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cowansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Knob
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Economy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Goehring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Barrisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Baden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Conway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lillyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Ambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Frisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Monaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- East Brady
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Bela
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Lawsonham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Rimersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- West Freedom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Foxburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Petersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Callensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Leatherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- West Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Clarksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saltsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Parkwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Shelocta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Grant City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Ellport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Energy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Harlansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Altman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Altman is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altman
- Wampum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McCaslin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- East Moravia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Moravia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moravia
- South New Castle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Courtneys Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- North Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Swamproot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Venango County
- Eakin Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Arnold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Kensington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bagdad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Parnassus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Lower Burrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- West Leechburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Hyde Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Vandergrift
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- North Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Saxonburg, see our County-by-County Page for West Saxonburg.
Cemeteries Near West Saxonburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Saxonburg.
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 Saxonburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Saxonburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pape Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Butler County Poor Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Unity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Unity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Unity Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Curtisville.
- The Pleasant Unity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Unity United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222486 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Brownsdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (361 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek United Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bull Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 West Saxonburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Saxonburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Saxonburg, with the one closest to West Saxonburg listed first.
- Saxonburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jefferson Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Center
- Glade Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Ekastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Great Belt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Sarversville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sarversville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarversville
- Sarver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Herman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brinker
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brinker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinker
- Culmerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Sandy Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Brownsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Leasureville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- McCalmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCalmont is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCalmont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Saxonburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Saxonburg.
Newspapers Published in West Saxonburg ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Saxonburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Saxonburg, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Saxonburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 West Saxonburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Saxonburg) 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 West Saxonburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |