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 Centerville (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 Centerville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Centerville is located in Perry County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Centerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centerville:
Perry County (The home county of Centerville)
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Reward (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Pfoutz Valley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Liverpool (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Millerstown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Newport (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
New Buffalo (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Rose Glen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen Duncannon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Blain (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Mecks Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Cove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Cove is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Perdix (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Perdix is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix Allegheny County
Bloomfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Ingleby (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Ingleby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby Woodward (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Fiedler (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Fiedler is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler Coburn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Westwood Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Enola (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Good Hope (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope West Fairview (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Wormleysburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Camp Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Middlesex (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex New Kingstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Schlusser (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Sporting Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Lemoyne (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Mechanicsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Caprivi (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Millersburg (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Paxton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Rife (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Halifax (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Fisherville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Enders (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Berrysburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Elizabethville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Enterline (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Pillow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Dauphin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Carsonville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Carsonville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Seven Stars (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Knousetown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Richfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Thompsontown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Swales (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales Locust Run (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run McAlisterville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Mexico (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Port Royal (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Mifflin (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mifflintown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Old Port (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Doyles Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Fort Indiantown Gap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap Gold Mine (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine Green Point (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Green Point is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point Murray (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Murray is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Inwood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Inwood is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Syner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Syner is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner Lickdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lickdale is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale Palmyra (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Alfarata (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Paintersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Burnham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Highland Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Juniata Terrace (27 miles [43.5 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 (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Honey Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Yeagertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lumber City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Reedsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Anderson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Milroy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Malta (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Asherton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Asherton is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton Selinsgrove Junction (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction Mile Run (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Mile Run is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run Augustaville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Augustaville is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville Leck Kill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill Farnsworth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth Sunbury (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Trevorton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Northumberland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Keefers (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Keefers is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Klingerstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Rough and Ready (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready Tower City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Orwin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Orwin is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin Valley View (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Hegins (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pitman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Haas (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Haas is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas Keffers (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Keffers is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers Suedberg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Aline (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline McKees Half Falls (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Shadle (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Hoffer (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer Mount Pleasant Mills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Pallas (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Chapman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Chapman is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Paxtonville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville Port Trevorton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Beavertown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Coon Hunter (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter Dundore (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Dundore is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore Beaver Springs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Glen Iron (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Glen Iron is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron Laurelton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Laurelton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton Millmont (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Pardee (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Pardee is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Dry Valley Crossroads (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hartleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hartleton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
Mifflinburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
New Berlin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Cherry Run (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Cherry Run is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run Red Bank (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Red Bank is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Linntown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Linntown is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown Lewisburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mazeppa (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mazeppa is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa York County
The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
New Market (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Marsh Run (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Andersontown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Nauvoo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Siddonsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Redland Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village Lewisberry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Valley Green (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Valley Green is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Centerville, see our County-by-County Page for Centerville .
Cemeteries Near Centerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centerville.
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 Centerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Centerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
St. Matthew Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthew Cemetery The St. Matthew Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery Reward UMC Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mitchell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Pfoutz Valley Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Cemetery The Pfoutz Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
Pfoutz Valley UMC Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Barner's Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Deardorff Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Marshal Chapel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Riverview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Rickard Memorial Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Dresslers Ridge UMC Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresslers Ridge UMC Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Dresslers Ridge UMC Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> Richfield . The Dresslers Ridge UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
Dresslers Ridge Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992448 <3>
Auker Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Continue List (177 more) ...
Newport Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Faith Lutheran Church (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Niemonds Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Centerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Centerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
Reward (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Pfoutz Valley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Mount Patrick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mount Patrick is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Patrick Liverpool (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Nekoda (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Nekoda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoda Acker (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Acker is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Montgomery Ferry (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Montgomery Ferry is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Ferry Millersburg (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Oriental (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Oriental is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental Dimmsville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Dimmsville is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmsville Wardville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Wardville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardville Continue List (17 more) ...
Millerstown (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Newport (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Killinger (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Killinger is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killinger
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Centerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centerville .
Newspapers Published in Centerville ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centerville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Centerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Centerville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Centre County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Lebanon County Mifflin County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Centerville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Centerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Centerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.