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 Acker (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 Acker. 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 southwest 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 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.
Acker is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Acker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Acker:
Perry County (The home county of Acker)
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Bailey (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Reward (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Newport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
New Buffalo (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Pfoutz Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Liverpool (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Millerstown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Rose Glen (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen Duncannon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Blain (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Mecks Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Cove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Cove is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Perdix (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Perdix is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix Allegheny County
Bloomfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Centre County
Ingleby (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Ingleby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Westwood Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Enola (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Good Hope (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope West Fairview (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Middlesex (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex New Kingstown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Schlusser (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Sporting Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Wormleysburg (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Mechanicsburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Camp Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Lemoyne (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Caprivi (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Millersburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Halifax (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Fisherville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Paxton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Rife (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Dauphin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Enders (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Enterline (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Stone Glen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Elizabethville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Berrysburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Lucknow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Seven Stars (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Thompsontown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Knousetown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Locust Run (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Richfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Swales (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales McAlisterville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Mexico (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Old Port (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Mifflin (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mifflintown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Fort Indiantown Gap (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap Green Point (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Green Point is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point Syner (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Syner is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner Gold Mine (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine Murray (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Murray is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Palmyra (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Inwood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Inwood is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Lickdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Lickdale is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale Campbelltown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Annville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Alfarata (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Paintersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Highland Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Juniata Terrace (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Burnham (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Honey Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Yeagertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Anderson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Lumber City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Reedsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Malta (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Asherton (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Asherton is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton Selinsgrove Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction Mile Run (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Mile Run is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run Augustaville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Augustaville is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville Leck Kill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill Farnsworth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth Sunbury (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Trevorton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Northumberland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Klingerstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Rough and Ready (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready Tower City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Orwin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Orwin is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin Valley View (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Aline (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Hoffer (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McKees Half Falls (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Shadle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Mount Pleasant Mills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Pallas (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Chapman (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Chapman is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Port Trevorton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Beavertown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Paxtonville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville Beaver Springs (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Coon Hunter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter Dundore (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Dundore is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Glen Iron (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Glen Iron is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron Laurelton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Laurelton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton Millmont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Pardee (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Pardee is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Dry Valley Crossroads (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hartleton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hartleton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
New Berlin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Cherry Run (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Cherry Run is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run Mifflinburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
New Market (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Andersontown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Siddonsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Marsh Run (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Nauvoo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Redland Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village Dillsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lewisberry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Quaker Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Quaker Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village Valley Green (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Valley Green is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green Goldsboro (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Goldsboro is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
Erney (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Erney is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Acker, see our County-by-County Page for Acker .
Cemeteries Near Acker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acker.
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 Acker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Acker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Mitchell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
St. Matthew Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthew Cemetery The St. Matthew Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery Newport Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Reward UMC Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Deardorff Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Riverview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Pfoutz Valley Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Cemetery The Pfoutz Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
Pfoutz Valley UMC Cemetery Duncannon Presbyterian Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Oak Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Evergreen Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Marshal Chapel Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Snyders Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyders Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Snyders Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mecks Corner . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978059 <2>
Continue List (175 more) ...
Highland Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Barner's Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Auker Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Acker had a population of 65 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Acker, with the one closest to Acker listed first.
Bailey (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Losh Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Losh Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losh Run Newport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Reward (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Montgomery Ferry (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Montgomery Ferry is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Ferry Mount Patrick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mount Patrick is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Patrick New Buffalo (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Nekoda (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Nekoda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoda Benvenue (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Benvenue is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benvenue Millersburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Liverpool (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Pfoutz Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Continue List (17 more) ...
Millerstown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Wahneta (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Wahneta is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahneta Duncannon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Acker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Acker .
Newspapers Published in Acker ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Acker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acker, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Acker.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Acker:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Centre County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Lebanon County Mifflin County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Acker. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Acker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Acker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.