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 Anchor (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 Anchor. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Anchor is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Anchor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anchor:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Anchor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Rheems
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Elizabethtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Milton Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Aberdeen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Florin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Mastersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Falmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Columbia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ironville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- East Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Abbottstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Latimore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- York Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Mount Aetna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Wintersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Womelsdorf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robesonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
- Rehrersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- North Heidelberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Phoebe Berks Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wernersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- New Schaefferstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Lisburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Lower Allen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- New Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lemoyne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wormleysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Allenview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Shiremanstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Enola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sporting Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Westwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Good Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Bachmanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Middletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Clifton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hershey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Highspire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hummelstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Rutherford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Lawnton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Springford Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
- Steelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marene Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marene Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marene Village
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Lawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Campbelltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Mount Gretna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Fontana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Palmyra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burd Coleman Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Quentin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Annville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cornwall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Miners Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Marysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Duncannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Suedberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Irving
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Beuchler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Marstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Orwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Pine Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- York Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wrightsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Wolf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Starview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Hallam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Stonybrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stonybrook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook
- East Prospect
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Strinestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Strinestown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
- Yorkana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Emigsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Gorsuch Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Maryland Line
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Freeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anchor, see our County-by-County Page for Anchor.
Cemeteries Near Anchor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anchor.
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 Anchor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anchor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Mt. Tunnel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oberholtzer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Goods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Mount Joy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44518 <2>
- Milton Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Ober Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Donegal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Eberly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haldeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brenneman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Marietta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shearer Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ginder-Kinsey-Stauffer 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.<3>
While we didn't find Anchor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Anchor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anchor, with the one closest to Anchor listed first.
- Rheems
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Elizabethtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Florin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Beverly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Milton Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Bellaire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bellaire is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Aberdeen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Conewago
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Conewago is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewago
- Bainbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Deodate
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deodate is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deodate
- Chickies
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chickies is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickies
- Mastersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anchor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anchor.
Newspapers Published in Anchor ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anchor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anchor, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anchor.
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 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 Anchor:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Berks County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Baltimore 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 Anchor, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anchor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |