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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 Blainsport (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 Blainsport. 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 and 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.

Blainsport is located in Lancaster County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Blainsport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blainsport:

  • Lancaster County     (The home county of Blainsport)
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.
    • Robesonia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Phoebe Berks Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phoebe Berks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoebe Berks Village
      • Phoebe Berks Village is located in Berks County
    • Wernersville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Adamstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
      • Adamstown is located in Berks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
      • Adamstown has also been known as:
      • Adamschteddel
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <2>
    • Brownsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Berks County
    • Womelsdorf
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sinking Spring
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Alleghenyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mohnton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohnton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohnton
      • Mohnton is located in Berks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,011 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mohnton <2>
    • West Wyomissing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyomissing
      • West Wyomissing is located in Berks County
    • North Heidelberg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • West Lawn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Lawn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn
      • West Lawn is located in Berks County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Lawn <2>
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.
    • Cambridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cambridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Cambridge is located in Chester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cambridge
      • From Blainsport to Cambridge
    • Honey Brook
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Brook
      • Honey Brook is located in Chester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honey Brook <2>
    • Dampman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Elverson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Suplee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Cupola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cupola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
      • Cupola is located in Chester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cupola
      • From Blainsport to Cupola
    • Isabella
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Isabella. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
      • Isabella is located in Chester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Isabella
      • From Blainsport to Isabella
    • Birdell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Birdell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
      • Birdell is located in Chester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Birdell
      • From Blainsport to Birdell
    • Compass
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Loag
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Rockville is located in Chester County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rockville
      • From Blainsport to Rockville
    • Cedar Knoll
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Dauphin County
  • Lebanon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.
    • Stricklerstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Newmanstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newmanstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmanstown
      • Newmanstown is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newmanstown <2>
    • Sheridan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sheridan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
      • Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sheridan
      • From Blainsport to Sheridan
    • Richland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Schaefferstown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Johnstown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
      • Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
    • Myerstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Prescott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Avon Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
      • Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
    • Avon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Avon is located in Lebanon County
    • Miners Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miners Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
      • Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
    • Burd Coleman Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burd Coleman Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
      • Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
  • Lehigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.
    • New Smithville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Stines Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Luzerne County
    • Newtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in Luzerne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newtown
      • From Blainsport to Newtown
  • Montgomery County
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.
    • Moyers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moyers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
      • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Moyers
      • From Blainsport to Moyers
    • Summit Station
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Aucheys
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aucheys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
      • Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Aucheys
      • From Blainsport to Aucheys
    • Auburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
      • Auburn is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <2>
    • Jefferson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
    • Lake Wynonah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Port Clinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Clinton
      • Port Clinton is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Clinton <2>
    • Marstown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Friedensburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Pine Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Landingville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landingville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
      • Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Irving
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.
    • East Prospect
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
      • East Prospect is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
    • Wrightsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Craley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blainsport, see our County-by-County Page for Blainsport.

Cemeteries Near Blainsport ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blainsport.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blainsport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Blainsport had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Blainsport, with the one closest to Blainsport listed first.

  • Schoeneck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoeneck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoeneck
    • Schoeneck is located in Lancaster County
  • Denver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
    • Denver is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <2>
  • Vinemont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinemont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemont
    • Vinemont is located in Berks County
  • Fritztown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fritztown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritztown
    • Fritztown is located in Berks County
  • Cocalico
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stevens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Reamstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Swartzville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swartzville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartzville
    • Swartzville is located in Lancaster County
  • Wernersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Robesonia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Durlach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durlach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durlach
    • Durlach is located in Lancaster County
  • Womelsdorf Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Womelsdorf Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf Station
    • Womelsdorf Station is located in Berks County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Adamstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
      • Adamstown is located in Berks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
      • Adamstown has also been known as:
      • Adamschteddel
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <2>
    • Kleinfeltersville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kleinfeltersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kleinfeltersville
      • Kleinfeltersville is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kleinfeltersville <2>
    • Womelsdorf
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blainsport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blainsport.

Newspapers Published in Blainsport ...

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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blainsport.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blainsport, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blainsport.

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 Blainsport:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blainsport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Blainsport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Blainsport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blainsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2797, Longitude: -76.1399    









 

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