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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Centerville is located in York County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of York County: Baltimore (MD), Carroll (MD), Harford (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin & Lancaster.
Below are the counties that are near Centerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centerville:
- York County (The home county of Centerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Glen Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Seitzland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Seitzland is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seitzland
- Hametown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hametown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hametown
- Potosi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Potosi is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Loganville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hanover Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
- Railroad
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Valleys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strickhousers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strickhousers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
- Glatfelters
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glatfelters is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glatfelters
- Brodbecks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brodbecks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodbecks
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Abbottstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- McSherrystown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- East Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edgegrove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Edgegrove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgegrove
- New Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Littlestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Brush Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brush Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run
- Whitehall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitehall is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Lake Meade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Kingsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kingsdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Lisburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Allenview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Lower Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- New Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hunters Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Royalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Highspire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Steelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Creswell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Creswell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Highville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Highville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
- Washington Borough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Borough is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Borough
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Central Manor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central Manor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Manor
- Letort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Letort is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letort
- Colemanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Colemanville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemanville
- Falmouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Ironville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Lebanon County
- Lawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Baltimore City (MD)
- Colonial Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Baltimore City (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Freeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Eklo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eklo is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eklo
- Walker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Gorsuch Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Trump
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Parkton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shamburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shamburg is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Shane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane
- Stablersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stablersville is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stablersville
- White Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Young Mans Fancy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy
- Lineboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lineboro is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineboro
- Roller
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roller is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
- Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockbrook Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockbrook Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook Village
- Reeds Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Hampstead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Westminster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berrywood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Berrywood Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrywood Village
- Frizzellburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frizzellburg is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg
- Frizzellburg has also been known as:
- Frizels
- Sandyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandyville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Sams Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sams Creek is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Creek
- Oak Orchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Orchard is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Orchard
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville, with the one closest to Centerville listed first.
- Shawsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shawsville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsville
- Federal Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Federal Hill is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Jarrettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pylesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hess
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hess is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
- Cambria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coopstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coopstown is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
- Putnam Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Village
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Street
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads
- Montgomery County (MD)
- High Point Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to 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.
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Reformed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glen Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Seitz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Winter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Emmanuel UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethlehem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west of New Freedom.
- The Bethlehem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Steltz Reformed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #489292 <2>
- Ness Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- Rock Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winterstown Evangelical Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.
- Glen Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Seitzland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Seitzland is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seitzland
- Larue
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Larue is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue
- Railroad
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hametown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hametown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hametown
- Potosi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Potosi is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Loganville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hanover Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
- Neiman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Neiman is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neiman
- Keeney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keeney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeney
- Seven Valleys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Strickhousers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strickhousers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
- Brodbecks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brodbecks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodbecks
- Glenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
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 4 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 3 miles [4.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the 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 York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Baltimore City
- Baltimore County
- Carroll County
- Cecil County
- Frederick County
- Harford County
- Montgomery 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |
| <4> | 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. |