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 Bowlder (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 Bowlder. 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 doctors and 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.
Bowlder is located in Adams 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 Adams County: Carroll (MD), Frederick (MD), Cumberland, Franklin & York.
Below are the counties that are near Bowlder. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowlder:
- Adams County (The home county of Bowlder)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Heidlersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Lake Meade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Newchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Plainview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- York Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brush Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brush Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run
- Hunterstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunterstown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterstown
- East Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gardners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gargol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Aspers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Hunters Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Mount Holly Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnitz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Boiling Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Craighead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Craighead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
- Montsera
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Huntsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Roxbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Allenview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Carlisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lisburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Highspire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Steelton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Paxtang
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Royalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Edgemont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawnton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Progress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Caledonia Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Mount Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Union is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Monterey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monterey is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Fayetteville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beartown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beartown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Blue Ridge Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mont Alto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Fayetteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Fayetteville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fayetteville
- Pen Mar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pen Mar is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pinola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Altenwald
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Altenwald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altenwald
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Falmouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Maytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rheems
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Falling Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alinda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Landisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perdix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Mecks Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Mount Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- La Bott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- La Bott is located in York County
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- Harmony Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in York County
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- Roler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roler is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roler
- Davidsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Davidsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsburg
- Spring Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- Dillsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wellsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hanover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rossville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Pennville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pennville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Eklo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eklo is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eklo
- Freeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Maryland Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Shamburg ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shamburg is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Trenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Upperco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Harney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Fairground Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Taneytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lineboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lineboro is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineboro
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Tyrone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Young Mans Fancy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy
- Frizzellburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Frizzellburg is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg
- Frizzellburg has also been known as:
- Frizels
- Keysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Reeds Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Roller
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Roller is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Emmitsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sabillasville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ladiesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- Thurmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Midway is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Midway
- Jimtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Creagerstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creagerstown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creagerstown
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Sams Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sams Creek is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Creek
- Woodsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Highfield - Cascade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Pen Mar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowlder, see our County-by-County Page for Bowlder.
Cemeteries Near Bowlder ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowlder.
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 Bowlder - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowlder covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Huntington Quaker Meeting House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lower Bermudian Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Lake Meade.
- The Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Great Conewago Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Berlin Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red Mount Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Markey Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Davidsburg.
- The St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Red Run Church Cemetery
- Goodyear Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Biglerville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Basilica Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bowlder in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bowlder.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowlder, with the one closest to Bowlder listed first.
- Hampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Heidlersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Plainview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Newchester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- York Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hunterstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunterstown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterstown
- Brush Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brush Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run
- Bermudian
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bermudian is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermudian
- Table Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Table Rock is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Guldens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Guldens is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guldens
- New Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gardners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aspers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Latimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowlder. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowlder.
Newspapers Published in Bowlder ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowlder.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowlder, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bowlder.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bowlder:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Adams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Franklin County
- Lancaster County
- Perry County
- York County
- Baltimore County
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bowlder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Bowlder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |