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 Bridgeport (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 Bridgeport. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Bridgeport is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Bridgeport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bridgeport:
Perry County (The home county of Bridgeport)
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Alinda (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Landisburg (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Falling Spring (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Elliottsburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Bixler (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Centre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Cisna Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run Eshcol (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Blain (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mecks Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Kistler (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Kistler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Ickesburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Rose Glen (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen Adams County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Latimore (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore Gardners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Gargol (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Gargol is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol Idaville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Idaville is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville York Springs (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Aspers (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bendersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Guernsey (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Guernsey is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Biglerville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Heidlersburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Heidlersburg is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg Lake Meade (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Lake Meade is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade Arendtsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Plainview (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Plainview is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Allegheny County
Bloomfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Caprivi (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Plainfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Schlusser (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Bears Crossroads (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads Carlisle (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex New Kingstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Newville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Washington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Washington is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Barnitz (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Barnitz is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz Boiling Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Craighead (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Craighead is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead Big Spring (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Big Spring is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Dauphin (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Harrisburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hillside Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village Lucknow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Stone Glen (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Halifax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Edgemont (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Penbrook (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Penbrook is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
Millersburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Bloomburg Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village Old Colonial Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Old Colonial Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Colonial Village Fisherville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Mowersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Mowersville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville Concord (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Concord is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Roxbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Roxbury is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Doylestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Doylestown is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown Orrstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pinola (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pinola is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola Dry Run (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Dry Run is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run Newbridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Newbridge is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge Pleasant Hall (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall Green Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Green Village is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Huntingdon County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Blairs Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills Neelyton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton Aughwick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Mexico (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Port Royal (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Old Port (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Locust Run (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Thompsontown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Doyles Mills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills East Rutherford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
East Rutherford is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford Mifflin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mifflintown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
McCullochs Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills Perulack (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Perulack is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack Reeds Gap (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap McAlisterville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Paintersville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Anderson (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Juniata Terrace (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Highland Park (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Burnham (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mattawana (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mattawana is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana McVeytown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Yeagertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Honey Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Lumber City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Northumberland County
Malta (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
McClure (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bannerville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Bannerville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville Aline (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Beaver Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Beavertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Middle Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Middle Creek is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek McKees Half Falls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Benfer (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Benfer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer Hoffer (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer Mount Pleasant Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Shadle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle York County
The following are listed by their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Siddonsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Uniontown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Uniontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Andersontown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Dillsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown New Market (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Mount Top (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Mount Top is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top Nauvoo (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Marsh Run (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Lewisberry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Rossville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Rossville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville Wellsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Alpine (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Alpine is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridgeport, see our County-by-County Page for Bridgeport .
Cemeteries Near Bridgeport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridgeport.
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 Bridgeport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bridgeport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Landisburg Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Restland Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
McClures Gap Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Emory Chapel Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
St. Paul Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Westminister Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Union Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Snyders Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyders Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Snyders Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mecks Corner . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978059 <2>
Eshcol Memorial Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Pioneer Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Ashland Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (185 more) ...
Cumberland County Home Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Letort Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letort Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Letort Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Carlisle . The Letort Cemetery has also been known as:
Kutz Cemetery Kutz's Cemetery Letort UMC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1965543 <2>
Prospect Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Bridgeport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bridgeport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridgeport, with the one closest to Bridgeport listed first.
Alinda (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Landisburg (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Elliottsburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Falling Spring (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Shermans Dale (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Mannsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Mannsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Bixler (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Centre (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Carlisle Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Carlisle Springs is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Springs Cisna Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run Plainfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Roseburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Roseburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg Continue List (14 more) ...
Blain (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Bloomfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
New Bloomfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bridgeport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bridgeport .
Newspapers Published in Bridgeport ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridgeport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridgeport, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Bridgeport.
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 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 Bridgeport:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Allegheny County Cumberland County Dauphin County Franklin County Huntingdon County Juniata County Mifflin County Northumberland County Snyder County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bridgeport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Bridgeport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Bridgeport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.