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 Beverly (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 Beverly. 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.
Beverly 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 Beverly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beverly:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Beverly)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Aberdeen
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Milton Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Rheems
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Mastersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Florin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Falmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Maytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Naumanstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Naumanstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumanstown
- Marietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elstonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- York Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Meckville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Mount Aetna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Womelsdorf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Robesonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Wernersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Schaefferstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- 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
- Schubert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Brownsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- New Cumberland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lemoyne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Camp Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lisburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Wormleysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Enola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Allenview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Shiremanstown
(18 miles [29 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
- Westwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Sporting Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Good Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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 Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Bachmanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Middletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Hershey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hummelstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Highspire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rutherford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Lawnton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Springford Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
- Manadahill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Marene Village
(12 miles [19.3 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 Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Lawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campbelltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colebrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Mount Gretna Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Mount Gretna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Palmyra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fontana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Syner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Annville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Quentin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cleona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Marysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Duncannon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Rose Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Suedberg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Irving
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Beuchler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Marstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Orwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Tower City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lorberry Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
- Ravine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Paradise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Echo Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Joliett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Joliett is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliett
- Keffers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Keffers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- York Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Mount Wolf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Starview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Strinestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strinestown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
- Marsh Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Redland Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Wrightsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Quaker Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Hallam
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Erney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beverly, see our County-by-County Page for Beverly.
Cemeteries Near Beverly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beverly.
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 Beverly - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beverly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Mt. Ober Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oberholtzer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Tunnel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shearer Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milton Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Falmouth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ginder-Kinsey-Stauffer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (271 more) ...
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haldeman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 in 1895, Beverly had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Aberdeen
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Deodate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Deodate is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deodate
- Elizabethtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bellaire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bellaire is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Conewago
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conewago is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewago
- Rheems
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Milton Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Lawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bachmanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Waltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waltonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltonville
- Falmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Florin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Mastersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Colebrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beverly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beverly.
Newspapers Published in Beverly ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beverly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beverly, 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 Beverly.
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 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 Beverly:
- 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
- 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 Beverly, 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- Beverly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |