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 Winfield (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 Winfield. 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 Winfield ...
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 Winfield: W. Winfield
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Winfield. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Winfield.
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 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.
West Winfield 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 Winfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Winfield:
- Butler County (The home county of West Winfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Dennys Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Leasureville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Fenelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Great Belt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Saxonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ekastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Saint Joe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Frazier Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- East Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Meadowood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Sligo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Culmerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Brackenridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tarentum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Curtisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Russellton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Indianola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Shadyside Village
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Slate Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Worthington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laird Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laird Crossing is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Crossing
- Walkchalk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- McVille
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- West Ford City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Aladdin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Dog Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dog Town is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Ford City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ford Cliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ford Cliff is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 347 people
- Cowansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Knob
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Economy
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Goehring is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goehring
- Wallace City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Barrisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barrisville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrisville
- Lillyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Baden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Conway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Wurtemburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wurtemburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- East Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- East Brady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Phillipston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Lawsonham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Bela
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bela is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bela
- Rimersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Toby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Toby is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby
- West Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Freedom is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Freedom
- Leatherwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- New Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Piolett is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piolett
- Callensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Callensburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Shelocta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Parkwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Saltsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beyer is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyer
- Willet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Willet is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- White
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Creekside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Plumville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Plumville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Aultman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Grant City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Ellport
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Harlansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Courtneys Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Courtneys Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtneys Mills
- North Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Liberty is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
- Swamproot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Eakin Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eakin Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin Corner
- Clintonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Emlenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nectarine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Bagdad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- West Leechburg
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Weinel Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- Hyde Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Burrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- East Vandergrift
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Kensington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Parnassus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- North Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Winfield, see our County-by-County Page for West Winfield.
Cemeteries Near West Winfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Winfield.
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 Winfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Winfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Cumberland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Worthington Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pape Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawnhaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Freeport Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeport Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Freeport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44888 <2>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Murphys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cowan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gruenwalt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Summit Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Leechburg.
- The Forks - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forks - Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #629382 <2>
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 Winfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Winfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Winfield, with the one closest to West Winfield listed first.
- Boggsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boggsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Leasureville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Slate Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Coyleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coyleville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyleville
- Worthington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craigsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craigsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsville
- Sarver
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Fenelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McHaddon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McHaddon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaddon
- Great Belt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Saxonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Sarversville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sarversville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarversville
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- McVille
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Winfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Winfield.
Newspapers Published in West Winfield ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Winfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Winfield, 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 West Winfield.
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 Winfield:
- 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 '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 Winfield) 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 Winfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |