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 Brook Hill South (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 Brook Hill South. 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.
Brook Hill South is located in York 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 York County : Baltimore (MD) , Carroll (MD) , Harford (MD) , Adams , Cumberland , Dauphin & Lancaster .
Below are the counties that are near Brook Hill South. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brook Hill South:
York County (The home county of Brook Hill South)
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Avondale (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Avondale is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Valley View (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Valley View is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Grantley (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Grantley is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley Spry (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Spry is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spry York (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
East York (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
East York is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East York North York (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
North York is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North York Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
Park Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Park Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village West York (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jacobus (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Dallastown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Yoe (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Yoe is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoe Population from the 2020 Census: 1,011 people
Glatfelters (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Glatfelters is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glatfelters Adams County
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
East Berlin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Abbottstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
McSherrystown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Midway (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Midway is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Hampton (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Hampton is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Lake Meade (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Lake Meade is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade Edgegrove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Edgegrove is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgegrove New Oxford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Newchester (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Newchester is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester Brush Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Brush Run is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run York Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Heidlersburg (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Heidlersburg is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg Latimore (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Lisburn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Lisburn is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn Allenview (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Allenview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview Lower Allen (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen Lemoyne (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
New Cumberland (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Camp Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Shiremanstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
Mechanicsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sporting Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Trindle Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs Wormleysburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Roxbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Roxbury is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury West Fairview (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Royalton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Royalton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
Middletown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Highspire (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Clifton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Clifton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Bachmanville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville Steelton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Hummelstown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Lawnton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Lawnton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton Paxtang (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Paxtang is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
Rutherford (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Rutherford is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford Hershey (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Union Deposit (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit Edgemont (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Billmeyer ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer Marietta (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Maytown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Washington Borough (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Washington Borough is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Borough Falmouth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Falmouth is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Columbia (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Creswell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Creswell is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell Highville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Highville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville Central Manor (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Central Manor is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Manor Letort (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Letort is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letort Florin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Florin is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin Ironville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Ironville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville Rheems (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Rheems is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Lawn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Colebrook (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Colebrook is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook Campbelltown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Mount Gretna (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Timber Hills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills Mount Gretna Heights (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights Fontana (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Fontana is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Palmyra (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Burd Coleman Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village Quentin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Cornwall (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Miners Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Miners Village is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village Annville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Perry County
Marysville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Baltimore County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Oakland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Freeland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Maryland Line (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line Gorsuch Mills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills Eklo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Eklo is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eklo Trump (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump Shane (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane Walker (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Walker is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Parkton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Stablersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Stablersville is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stablersville Shamburg ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Shamburg is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg White Hall (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Mount Carmel (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Mount Carmel is located in Baltimore County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Carroll County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Young Mans Fancy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy Roller (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Roller is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller Lineboro (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Lineboro is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineboro Manchester (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Rockbrook Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Rockbrook Village is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook Village Reeds Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Reeds Village is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village Hampstead (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Carrollton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Carrollton is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton Frizzellburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Frizzellburg is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg Frizzellburg has also been known as:
Frizels Tyrone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Tyrone is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Westminster (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Yorkland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Yorkland is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkland Avondale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Avondale is located in Carroll County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Cecil County (MD)
Bald Friar ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Shawsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Shawsville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsville Federal Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Federal Hill is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill Cambria (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cambria is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria Pylesville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Street (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Whiteford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Jarrettsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Hess (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Hess is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess Coopstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Coopstown is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown Sharon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Sharon is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Chestnut Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Putnam Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Putnam Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Village Forest Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Montgomery County (MD)
High Point Estates (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brook Hill South, see our County-by-County Page for Brook Hill South .
Cemeteries Near Brook Hill South ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brook Hill South.
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 Brook Hill South - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brook Hill South covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Stump Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mt. Rose Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
St. Mary's - St. Patrick's Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Susquehanna Memorial Gardens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Salem Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Heiland View Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Lebanon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Prospect Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenmount Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ness Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Williams Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Locust Grove Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (329 more) ...
Strickler - Miller Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Wolf Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Emmanuel UMC Cemetery (5 miles [8 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>
While we didn't find Brook Hill South in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brook Hill South.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brook Hill South, with the one closest to Brook Hill South listed first.
Spry (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Spry is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spry Grantley (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Grantley is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley Relay (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Relay is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relay Ore Valley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Ore Valley is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Valley York (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Brillhart (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Brillhart is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillhart Jacobus (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Dallastown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Yoe (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Yoe is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoe Population from the 2020 Census: 1,011 people
West York (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Glatfelters (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Glatfelters is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glatfelters Stonybrook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Stonybrook is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Continue List (18 more) ...
Emigsville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Loganville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Graydon (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Graydon is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brook Hill South. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brook Hill South .
Newspapers Published in Brook Hill South ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brook Hill South.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brook Hill South, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Brook Hill South.
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 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 Brook Hill South:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to York County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Cumberland County Dauphin County Lancaster County Lebanon County Perry County Baltimore County Carroll County Cecil County Harford County Montgomery County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brook Hill South. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for York County: https://yorkcountypa.gov/
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 Brook Hill South, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Brook Hill South) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.