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 Aqua (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 Aqua. 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 doctors 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.
Aqua is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Frederick (MD), Washington (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Aqua. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aqua:
- Franklin County (The home county of Aqua)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- West Fayetteville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Fayetteville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fayetteville
- Chambersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Fayetteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Guilford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Guilford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Guilford Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Guilford Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford Springs
- Altenwald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Altenwald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altenwald
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Green Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Cheesetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cheesetown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesetown
- Mont Alto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Trust
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Cashtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cashtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Cashtown - McKnightstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Orrtanna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Virginia Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia Mills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Mills
- McKnightstown Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Arendtsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carroll Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mummasburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mummasburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mummasburg
- Seven Stars
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Shippensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Cross Roads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Newburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Big Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Washington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Huntsdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Newville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montsera
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Bears Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Hunters Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Barnitz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Mount Holly Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Knobsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- McConnellsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Littleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Clear Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Harrisonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Laidig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Pleasant Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Waterfall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Covalt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Covalt is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covalt
- Needmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Neelyton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maddensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Blairs Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Pogue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Selea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Selea is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
- Orbisonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Three Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saltillo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Shirleysburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Perulack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Perry County
- New Germantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Harney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Keysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Bruceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Keymar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taneytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Sabillasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emmitsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thurmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Catoctin Furnace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Catoctin Furnace is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoctin Furnace
- Jimtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Pleasant Walk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Creagerstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Creagerstown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creagerstown
- Rocky Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountaindale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mountaindale is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
- Myersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Frostown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Frostown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostown
- Ladiesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Hill Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Pen Mar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pen Mar is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pen Mar has also been known as:
- Pen Mar Park
- Leitersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
- Highfield - Cascade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Fountainhead - Orchard Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Long Meadow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
- Paramount - Long Meadow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Paramount - Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount - Long Meadow
- Maugansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smithsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Cavetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cavetown is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Chewsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chewsville is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
- Berkeley County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Falling Waters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Bedington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bedington is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedington
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- Cherry Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Sleepy Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Creek is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aqua, see our County-by-County Page for Aqua.
Cemeteries Near Aqua ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aqua.
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 Aqua - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aqua covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- New Guilford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strang Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Antietam Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antietam Church Cemetery
- The Antietam Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prices Church Cemetery
- Trinity Fellowship Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1753915 <2>
- Myers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Veterans Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- German Reformed Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Reformed Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Reformed Cemetery is located in Greencastle.
- The German Reformed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261256 <2>
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harbaugh Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Horse Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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>
While we didn't find Aqua in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aqua.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aqua, with the one closest to Aqua listed first.
- New Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Duffield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duffield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffield
- Woodstock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Chambersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Guilford Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford Springs
- Fayetteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Altenwald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Altenwald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altenwald
- Pond Bank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Bank is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Bank
- Scotland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Mont Alto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Housum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Housum is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housum
- Knepper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knepper is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knepper
- Kauffman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kauffman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kauffman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aqua. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aqua.
Newspapers Published in Aqua ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aqua.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aqua, 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 Aqua.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Aqua:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Perry County
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Washington County
- Berkeley County
- Morgan 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 Aqua, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Aqua) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |