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 Brushtown (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 Brushtown. 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 and doctors 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.
Brushtown is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry & York.
Below are the counties that are near Brushtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brushtown:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Brushtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Huntsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
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- Montsera
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Barnitz
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
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- Big Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
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- Hunters Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Lees Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Mount Holly Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bears Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Plainfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Craighead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Craighead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
- Boiling Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Idaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Bendersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gardners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aspers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gargol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Latimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
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- Guernsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Arendtsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Biglerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- York Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trust
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Heidlersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Harrisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Steelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edgemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Penbrook
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Dauphin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
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- Paxtang
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Progress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Highspire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawnton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Mowersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Caledonia Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Orrstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pinola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Green Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Mount Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Fayetteville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Fayetteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Fayetteville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fayetteville
- Pleasant Hall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall
- Roxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roxbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Chambersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- Burnt Cabins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Blairs Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
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- Neelyton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- East Rutherford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Perulack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
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- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- McCullochs Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Peru Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Reeds Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Doyles Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Mexico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Old Port
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
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- Port Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Alinda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Landisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centre
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centre is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Falling Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Bixler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bixler is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Cisna Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cisna Run is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run
- Elliottsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
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- New Germantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kistler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kistler is located in Perry County
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- Mecks Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
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- Blain
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rose Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
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- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Dillsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Top
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Top is located in York County
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- Siddonsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
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- Wellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Andersontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Roler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Roler is located in York County
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- Rossville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rossville is located in York County
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- Harmony Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony Grove is located in York County
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- Alpine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alpine is located in York County
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- Davidsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Davidsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsburg
- Nauvoo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Harney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Taneytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Emmitsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sabillasville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Highfield - Cascade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Pen Mar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- Hill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brushtown, see our County-by-County Page for Brushtown.
Cemeteries Near Brushtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brushtown.
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 Brushtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brushtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodyear Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Holly Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- John Graham Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westminister Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Spring Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Cemetery
- The Green Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Irishtown Cemetery
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Springville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (206 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenmount Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Brushtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brushtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brushtown, with the one closest to Brushtown listed first.
- Huntsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Dickinson
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dickinson is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
- Longsdorf
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Longsdorf is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longsdorf
- Montsera
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Hays Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hays Grove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Grove
- Mount Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Rock is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
- Pine Grove Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Furnace is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Furnace
- Walnut Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Bottom is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom
- Barnitz
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Big Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Stoughstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stoughstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughstown
- Lees Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kerrsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kerrsville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrsville
- Hunters Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Idaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brushtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brushtown.
Newspapers Published in Brushtown ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brushtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brushtown, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brushtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Brushtown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Dauphin County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Perry County
- York 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> | 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 Brushtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Brushtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |