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 Woodbury (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 Woodbury. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Woodbury is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Woodbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodbury:
- Bedford County (The home county of Woodbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Marble City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Waterside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Yellow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Loysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Riddlesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Langdondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Maria
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Salemville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coaldale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Clover Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Sharpsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Claysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Roaring Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beavertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Brooks Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Newry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Puzzletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Oreminea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oreminea is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreminea
- Blue Knob
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Beaverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Puritan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Bens Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Dunlo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Scarlan Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Spring Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Oil City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Portage
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Cresson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Salix
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Cowans Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cowans Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowans Village
- Metal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Metal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metal
- Freestone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Freestone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Fort Loudon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Dry Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dry Run is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Dickey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Valley-Hi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Waterfall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Akersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Crystal Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Laidig
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Emmaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Clear Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Harrisonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Sipes Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Fort Littleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Coalmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Middletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Dudley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Broad Top City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Robertsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Cooks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Salter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Joller ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Entriken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Todd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Kistler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Ogletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Central City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Baltimore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Windber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Paint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Buckstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Indian Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Lake is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Blough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Hooversville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodbury, see our County-by-County Page for Woodbury.
Cemeteries Near Woodbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodbury.
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 Woodbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Steele Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery has also been known as:
- Yellow Creek Reformed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46229 <2>
- Hetrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Keagy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Replogle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Duvalls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Stonerook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ritchey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodbury had a population of 260 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Woodbury had a population of 265 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Yellow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Waterside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Loysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Cypher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cypher is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypher
- Riddlesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Defiance
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Defiance is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Maria
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Salemville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kearney is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Curryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Curryville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oppenheimer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oppenheimer is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppenheimer
- Tatesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tatesville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatesville
- Coalmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodbury.
Newspapers Published in Woodbury ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodbury, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodbury.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Woodbury:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset 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 Woodbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Woodbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |