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 Willow Tree (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 Willow Tree. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Willow Tree is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Fayette, Washington, Marshall (WV), Monongalia (WV) & Wetzel (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Willow Tree. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willow Tree:
- Greene County (The home county of Willow Tree)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Ceylon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Greensboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dunkard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dunkard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard
- Fairdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Nemacolin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nemacolin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemacolin
- Fordyce
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- Khedive
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Dilliner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Carmichaels
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Village
- Mount Morris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kirby is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Allegheny County
- Sunny Side
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Fayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- New Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Atlantic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Winstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead
- Masontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairchance
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adah
- Point Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Morris Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morris Crossroads is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Crossroads
- Hoover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- McClellandtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Millsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Deemston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Beallsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Marianna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bissell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Blainsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blainsburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsburg
- West Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- West Brownsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Daisytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ten Mile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- California
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Gibsonton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Webster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Smithton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scottdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- West Overton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Wyano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyano is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyano
- Harrison County (WV)
- Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Harrison County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Marion County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Hoodsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Grant Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Rivesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Mount Harmony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Fairmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Barrackville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Garden Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Garden Village is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Katy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Katy is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Rocklick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Cameron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Bowlby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlby
- Maidsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Baker Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Baker Ridge is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ridge
- Cassville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Osage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Star City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Canyon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canyon is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
- Granville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
- Cheat Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Westover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blacksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Preston County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Rockville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Masontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clifton Mills is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Mills
- Brandonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Bruceton Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Reedsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arthurdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gladesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Morgans Glade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morgans Glade is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgans Glade
- Threefork Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Threefork Bridge is located in Preston County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threefork Bridge
- Hazelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wetzel County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Round Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Hundred
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Littleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Littleton is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Anthem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anthem is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willow Tree, see our County-by-County Page for Willow Tree.
Cemeteries Near Willow Tree ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willow Tree.
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 Willow Tree - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willow Tree covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Keener Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hanna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McClure Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lambert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williamson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Garrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greene Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Donham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (487 more) ...
- Everly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Monongahela Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Willow Tree in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Willow Tree.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willow Tree, with the one closest to Willow Tree listed first.
- Wiley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wiley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Mapletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mapletown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapletown
- Davistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davistown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davistown
- Fayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Ceylon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Bald Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bald Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Hill
- Dunkard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dunkard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkard
- Winstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winstead is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstead
- New Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Geneva is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Geneva
- Paisley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paisley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Fairchance
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dilliner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dilliner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilliner
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Khedive
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Khedive is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khedive
- Masontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fordyce
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willow Tree. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willow Tree.
Newspapers Published in Willow Tree ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willow Tree.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willow Tree, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willow Tree.
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 Willow Tree:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Harrison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Preston County
- Wetzel 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> | 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 Willow Tree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Willow Tree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |