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 Cedarville (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 Cedarville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cedarville is located in Chester 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 Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Cedarville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedarville:
Chester County (The home county of Cedarville)
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Pottstown Landing (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Bucktown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Slonaker (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Fricks Lock (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Parker Ford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Pughtown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Knauertown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Seven Stars (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Sheeder (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder Nantmeal Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Allegheny County
Overbrook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Ironstone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Amity Gardens (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Bally (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Colebrookdale (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Monocacy (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Boyertown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Indian Springs Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Yellow House (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Yellow House is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Birdsboro (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Geigertown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Griesemersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Robeson Crossing (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Robeson Crossing is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robeson Crossing Scarlets Mill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Argus (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Trumbauersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Derstines (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Milford Square (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Fairhill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Rich Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Sellersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Steinsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Silverdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Perkasie (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Quakertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Zionhill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Edgemont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Radnor Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Saint Davids (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Wayne (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Green Countrie Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Montrose Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Broomall (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Glen Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Marple (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Allgates (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Indiana County
Ernest (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Churchtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown East Earl (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Meadville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Terre Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Blue Ball (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Red Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Weaverland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland New Holland (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Reamstown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Blainsport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Denver (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Newmanstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Sheridan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Hensingersville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Hosensack (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Alburtis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Dillingerville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Old Zionsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Macungie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Limeport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Limeport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeport Emmaus (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
New Smithville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Coopersburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Stowe (Less than 2 miles to the north)
West Pottsgrove (Less than 2 miles to the north)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Bramcote (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Pottstown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Sanatoga (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Halfway House (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Pottsgrove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Fagleysville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville New Hanover (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Limerick (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Royersford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Gilbertsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Mingo (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Leithsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Hellertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Roxborough (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Chestnut Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Allen Lane (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Manayunk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Upsal (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Pittville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Germantown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Somerville ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Lawton Station ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Lawton Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton Station Branchtown ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station Fern Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Schuylkill County
Port Clinton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Centreville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Yorklyn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Ashland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Talleyville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Winterthur (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Arden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Carpenter (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Hockessin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Montchanin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Analine Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedarville, see our County-by-County Page for Cedarville .
Cemeteries Near Cedarville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedarville.
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 Cedarville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedarville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Mt. Zion Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Shenkel UCC Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Holy Trinity Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Old St. Aloysius Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Aloysius Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Pottstown Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Congregation Mercy & Truth Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Highland Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Second Baptist Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Ellis Woods Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (419 more) ...
St. Aloysius Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Johns Greek Catholic Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hanawas Sachem Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cedarville had a population of 195 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedarville, with the one closest to Cedarville listed first.
Bramcote (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Stowe (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Kenilworth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Pottstown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Coventryville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Slonaker (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Douglassville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Saint Peters (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Knauertown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Pughtown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Parker Ford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Fricks Lock (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Continue List (17 more) ...
Sanatoga (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ironstone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Bally (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedarville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedarville .
Newspapers Published in Cedarville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedarville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedarville, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Cedarville.
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 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 Cedarville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Philadelphia County Schuylkill County New Castle County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedarville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.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 Cedarville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedarville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.