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 North Hills (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 North Hills. 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 North Hills ...
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 North Hills: N. Hills
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Hills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Hills.
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 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.
North Hills is located in Cecil County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cecil County: New Castle (DE), Harford, Kent, Chester (PA) & Lancaster (PA).
Below are the counties that are near North Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Hills:
- Cecil County (The home county of North Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Mason Dixon Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Rising Sun
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sylmar
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Colora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Winchester Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Winchester Village is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Village
- Liberty Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Theodore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Theodore is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodore
- Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Rowlandsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rowlandsville is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowlandsville
- Conowingo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rock Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Blue Ball Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village
- Baltimore County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Franklinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinville is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
- Jerusalem Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem Mills is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Mills
- Bradshaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Falls is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Falls
- Hydes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gorsuch Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Bird River Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bird River Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird River Beach
- Chase
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Glen Arm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harewood Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harewood Park is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harewood Park
- Harford County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Conowingo Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Darlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lapidum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lapidum is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum
- Stafford ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garland is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Glenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Webster Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Webster Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village
- Havre de Grace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village
- Level
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Level is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level
- Poole
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poole is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
- Dublin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dublin is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Scarboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Scarboro is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Betterton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Coleman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gregg Neck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Dogwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Locust Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Still Pond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Still Pond is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Pond
- Sassafras
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Galena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kennedyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lambson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lambson is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Lynch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lynch is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Worton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- High Point Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Newark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <1>
- Pencader Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pencader Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencader Village
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- York Towne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne
- Brookside
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookside is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Glasgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Glasgow is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- North Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Star is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
- Southwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- The Village of Drummond Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Windy Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Windy Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
- English Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- English Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Ogletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ogletown is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Pike Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek
- Salem County (NJ)
- Pennsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Chester County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Glen Roy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Glen Roy is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Chrome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chrome is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
- Barnsley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnsley is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Tweedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tweedale is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elkview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elkview is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview
- Kemblesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kemblesville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville
- Jennersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jennersville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville
- Strickersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Strickersville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville
- Daleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Daleville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- West Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Summerhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summerhill is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Kirks Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills
- Oak Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Little Britain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Britain is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- McSparran
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McSparran is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSparran
- Furniss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Furniss is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- Mechanic Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Ninepoints
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints
- Buck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buck is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Quarryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Truce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Truce is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truce
- New Providence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- York County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Slate Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Slate Hill is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Castle Fin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Castle Fin is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bryansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bryansville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Slab
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Slab is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Susquehanna Trails
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Susquehanna Trails is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails
- Kyleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kyleville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Airville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fawn Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Freedom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goram
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goram is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Bruce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bruce is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Stewartstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Hills, see our County-by-County Page for North Hills.
Cemeteries Near North Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Hills.
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 North Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- New Bridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rising Sun Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Krauss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Nottingham Meetinghouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Conowingo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zoar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 North Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Hills, with the one closest to North Hills listed first.
- Rising Sun
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sylmar
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Farmington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Freemont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freemont is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemont
- Colora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nottingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nottingham is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Liberty Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Principio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Principio is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Principio
- Calvert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Chrome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chrome is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
- Glen Roy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Glen Roy is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Kirks Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wrightsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsdale is located in Lancaster County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsdale
- Conowingo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rowlandsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rowlandsville is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowlandsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Hills.
Newspapers Published in North Hills ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Hills, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 North Hills:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Cecil County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baltimore County
- Harford County
- Kent County
- Montgomery County
- New Castle County
- Salem County
- Chester County
- Lancaster County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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 North Hills, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |