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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 Brandonville (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 Brandonville. 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.

Brandonville is located in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.

Below are the counties that are near Brandonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brandonville:

  • Schuylkill County     (The home county of Brandonville)
  • Berks County
  • Carbon County
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brandonville, with the one closest to Brandonville listed first.
    • Shumans
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shumans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
      • Shumans is located in Columbia County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shumans
      • From Brandonville to Shumans
    • Centralia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Aristes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aristes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
      • Aristes is located in Columbia County
    • Hetlerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Newlin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Locustdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locustdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustdale
      • Locustdale is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locustdale <3>
    • Numidia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Slabtown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slabtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
      • Slabtown is located in Columbia County
    • Mainville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mainville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
      • Mainville is located in Columbia County
    • Mifflinville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mifflinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflinville
      • Mifflinville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mifflinville <3>
    • Berwick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Briar Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dauphin County
  • Lehigh County
  • Luzerne County
  • Montour County
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brandonville, with the one closest to Brandonville listed first.
    • Mount Carmel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
      • Mount Carmel is located in Northumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,708 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carmel <3>
    • Dooleyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Locust Gap
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Natalie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bear Gap
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Elysburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysburg
      • Elysburg is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elysburg <3>
    • Gowen City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gowen City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
      • Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
    • Kulpmont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kulpmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulpmont
      • Kulpmont is located in Northumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulpmont <3>
    • Marion Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
      • Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
    • Marshallton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshallton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
      • Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
    • Edgewood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
    • Shamokin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Brandonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brandonville.

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 Brandonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brandonville, with the one closest to Brandonville 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brandonville had a population of 314 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Krebs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Krebs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
    • Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Krebs
    • From Brandonville to Krebs
  • Yatesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Yatesville is located in Schuylkill County
  • Shenandoah
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Nicholas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mahanoy City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Park Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Place
    • Park Place is located in Schuylkill County
  • Girard Manor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oneida
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ringtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Morea
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morea
    • Morea is located in Schuylkill County
  • New Boston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Buck Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buck Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Mountain
    • Buck Mountain is located in Schuylkill County
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Raricks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raricks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raricks
      • Raricks is located in Schuylkill County
    • Ferndale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ferndale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
      • Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ferndale
      • From Brandonville to Ferndale
    • Raven Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Raven Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
      • Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Raven Run
      • From Brandonville to Raven Run

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

Newspapers Published in Brandonville ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brandonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brandonville, 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 Brandonville.

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 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 Brandonville:

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

The official website for Schuylkill County: www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brandonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brandonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8610, Longitude: -76.1668    
<5>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.
<6>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 Brandonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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