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 Bunkertown (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 Bunkertown. 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.
Bunkertown is located in Juniata 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 Juniata County: Huntingdon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near Bunkertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunkertown:
- Juniata County (The home county of Bunkertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Swales
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- McAlisterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Locust Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Richfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Knousetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mifflintown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Old Port
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Ingleby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Woodward
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fiedler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Zerby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zerby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby
- Aaronsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Livonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Penn Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Penn Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Hall
- Potters Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Rebersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Greenburr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Tylersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Loganton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lamar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rote
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Caprivi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Caprivi is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi
- Schlusser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Westwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Middlesex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Enola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- New Kingstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Paxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Millersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rife
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rife is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife
- Halifax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fisherville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisherville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Berrysburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elizabethville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pillow
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Enders
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Enders is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Enterline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Enterline is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline
- Loyalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Dauphin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Alfarata
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alfarata is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata
- Paintersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Honey Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Burnham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Lewistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yeagertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Juniata Terrace
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Lewistown Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
- Lumber City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Milroy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reedsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Malta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Herndon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mandata
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mandata is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata
- Asherton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Asherton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton
- Selinsgrove Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction
- Mile Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mile Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run
- Sunbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Augustaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Augustaville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville
- Northumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Millerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pfoutz Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley
- Reward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Eshcol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eshcol is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol
- Newport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liverpool
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ickesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ickesburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg
- Bailey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Blain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elliottsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Mecks Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Rose Glen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Schuylkill County
- Klingerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- McClure
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Middle Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Middle Creek is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Beavertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bannerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- Benfer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Benfer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer
- Troxelville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Paxtonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Coon Hunter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Mount Pleasant Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Aline is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
- Shadle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shadle is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Pardee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Cherry Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Glen Iron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glen Iron is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
- Laurelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Laurelton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton
- Hartleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Millmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mifflinburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mazeppa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Linntown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bunkertown, see our County-by-County Page for Bunkertown.
Cemeteries Near Bunkertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bunkertown.
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 Bunkertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bunkertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Koons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lauver Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lantz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thompson's Lock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Lock Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson's Lock Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Thompsontown.
- The Thompson's Lock Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thompson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46466 <2>
- Niemonds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niemonds Cemetery
- The Niemonds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Susquehanna Valley Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244254 <2>
- Brick Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church Cemetery
- The Brick Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brick Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Richfield Mennonite Cemetery
- Shelleys Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44444 <2>
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Locust Run Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Locust Run.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45311 <2>
- Continue List (138 more) ...
- Auker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshal Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adamsburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Bunkertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bunkertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bunkertown, with the one closest to Bunkertown listed first.
- Swales
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- Cocolamus
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cocolamus is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocolamus
- McAlisterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Salem is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Salem
- Maze
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maze is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze
- Evendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evendale is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evendale
- Oakland Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Mills
- Van Wert
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Van Wert is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wert
- Raubs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Raubs Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raubs Mills
- Thompsontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McClure
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wardville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wardville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dimmsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dimmsville is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmsville
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Beaver Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bunkertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bunkertown.
Newspapers Published in Bunkertown ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bunkertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bunkertown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bunkertown.
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 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 Bunkertown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Juniata County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Mifflin County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- Union 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 Bunkertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Bunkertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |