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 Chesterville (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 Chesterville. 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 and doctors 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.
Chesterville 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 Chesterville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chesterville:
Chester County (The home county of Chesterville)
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Kemblesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville West Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Avondale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Strickersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Strickersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville Baker (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Baker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker New Garden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
New Garden is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden Toughkenamon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Elkview (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Jennersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville Chatham (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Chatham is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Clonmell (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Clonmell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clonmell Daleville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Daleville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Kenneys (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Morgantown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Joanna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna New Morgan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Geigertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Plowville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Zebleys Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Creekside Village at Naamans (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Garnet Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Boothwyn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chelsea (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Glen Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Aston Mills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Linwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Marcus Hook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Lima (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Summerhill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Oak Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Christiana (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Kirks Mills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills Smyrna (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Little Britain (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Little Britain is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain Gap (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Mechanic Grove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove Buyerstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Kinzers (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Quarryville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Port Providence (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Colonial Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Mingo (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo York County
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Slate Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Castle Fin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Delta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Slab (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Bryansville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Susquehanna Trails (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Kyleville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
North Star (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Southwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood York Towne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Vintage Village (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Hockessin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Pike Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek The Village of Drummond Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Yorklyn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
English Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
English Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village Newark (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Newark is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <1>
Windy Hills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Windy Hills is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Appleton (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Fair Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Old Line Village of Fair Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Andora (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Barksdale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Blake (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Bank ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Cherry Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Elk Mills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
West Creek Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Winding Brook Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Winding Brook Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Brook Village Blue Ball Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Lapidum (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Conowingo Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Havre de Grace (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Stafford ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Stafford is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Darlington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Garland (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Garland is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Webster Village (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village Glenville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Glenville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Hopewell Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village Level (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Level is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Dublin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Dublin is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Poole (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Poole is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Kent County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Sassafras (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Georgetown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Gregg Neck (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck Dogwood Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village Galena (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Beckett (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Bridgeport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Gibbstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Avis Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills Mickleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Pennsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Carneys Point (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pointers (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Salem (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Auburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Acton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Penton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Hancocks Bridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge Portertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Quinton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton Riddleton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton Alloway (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Alloway is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chesterville, see our County-by-County Page for Chesterville .
Cemeteries Near Chesterville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chesterville.
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 Chesterville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chesterville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
London Britain Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
New West Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Episcopalian Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
West Grove Friends Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Flint Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
New Garden Orthodox Friends Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. John's Episcopal Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
St. Marys Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. Johns Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Sharpes Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpes Cemetery The Sharpes Cemetery has also been known as:
Sharpes Graveyard Sharp's Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81629 <2>
Ebenezer Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (279 more) ...
Elkridge Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Little Elk Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Hosanna Meeting House Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Chesterville had a population of 217 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chesterville, with the one closest to Chesterville listed first.
Kemblesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Landenberg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
West Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Strickersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Strickersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville New London (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
New London is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London Thompson (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Thompson is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Southwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Kaolin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Kaolin is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin New Garden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
New Garden is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden Toughkenamon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Baker (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Baker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Jennersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville Continue List (19 more) ...
Kelton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Kelton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton Elkview (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Lewisville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Lewisville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chesterville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chesterville .
Newspapers Published in Chesterville ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chesterville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chesterville, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Chesterville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Chesterville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County Delaware County Lancaster County Montgomery County York County New Castle County Cecil County Harford County Kent County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chesterville. 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 Chesterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chesterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.