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 Silo Hill (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 Silo Hill. 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 hospitals 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.
Silo Hill is located in Frederick 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 Frederick County: Carroll, Howard, Montgomery, Washington, Adams (PA), Franklin (PA) & Loudoun (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Silo Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silo Hill:
- Frederick County (The home county of Silo Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Emmitsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rocky Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thurmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sabillasville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jimtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Creagerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Creagerstown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creagerstown
- Ladiesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- New Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Midway is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Midway
- Catoctin Furnace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Catoctin Furnace is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoctin Furnace
- Woodsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Daysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Daysville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
- Deerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Deerfield is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Baltimore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Upperco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fowblesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fowblesburg is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowblesburg
- Trenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Trenton is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Boring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodensburg is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodensburg
- Glen Morris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Morris is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Morris
- Glyndon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reisterstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Harney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harney is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Keysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Bruceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Taneytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Keymar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Bark Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bark Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Hill
- Union Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Tyrone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- McKinstrys Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- McKinstrys Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinstrys Mill
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Long Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Long Corner is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Corner
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Timberleigh Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Timberleigh Village is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberleigh Village
- Cooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Browningsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Browningsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browningsville
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hyattstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hyattstown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattstown
- Mullinix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mullinix is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinix
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Highfield - Cascade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Pen Mar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pen Mar is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pen Mar has also been known as:
- Pen Mar Park
- Smithsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cavetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cavetown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Greenvale Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greenvale Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
- Hill Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Pondsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pondsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
- Leitersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
- Mount Aetna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Aetna is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aetna
- Chewsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chewsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
- Robinwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Robinwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinwood
- Mount Lena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Lena is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lena
- Bridgeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Adams County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Zora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zora is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zora
- Greenmount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenmount is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Carroll Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacks Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia Mills is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Mills
- Orrtanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gettysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kingsdale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- McKnightstown Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McKnightstown Station is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKnightstown Station
- Seven Stars
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Seven Stars is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Lake Heritage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Heritage is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Heritage
- Cashtown - McKnightstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Hunters Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Lees Cross Roads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Shippensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Barnitz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Big Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Mount Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Blue Ridge Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Monterey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Beartown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Pen Mar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pen Mar is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Rouzerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rouzerville is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouzerville
- Wayne Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne Heights is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Heights
- Nunnery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nunnery is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnery
- Waynesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mont Alto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caledonia Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Zullinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zullinger is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zullinger
- Brownsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- York County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Pennville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Hanover
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Parkville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Parkville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Bandanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bandanna is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandanna
- West Manheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Manheim is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manheim
- Blackrock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blackrock is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
- Valley Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Valley Junction is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Brodbecks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brodbecks is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodbecks
- Glenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glenville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- La Bott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Bott is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bott
- Spring Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Grove is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- Strickhousers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Strickhousers is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silo Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Silo Hill.
Cemeteries Near Silo Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silo Hill.
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 Silo Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silo Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Emmitsburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Elias Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elias Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Toms Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Mt. St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Friends Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (357 more) ...
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fountaindale Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Apples Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Silo Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silo Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silo Hill, with the one closest to Silo Hill listed first.
- Emmitsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Motters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Motters is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motters
- Fairplay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Greenmount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenmount is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Keysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Harney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harney is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Barlow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Jacks Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Rocky Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fountain Dale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Graceham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graceham is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceham
- Loys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Loys is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loys
- Bruceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silo Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silo Hill.
Newspapers Published in Silo Hill ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silo Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silo Hill, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silo Hill.
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 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 Silo Hill:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Frederick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baltimore County
- Carroll County
- Howard County
- Montgomery County
- Washington County
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Franklin 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> | 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 Silo Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Silo Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |