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 Churchville (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 Churchville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Churchville is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Churchville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Churchville:
Berks County (The home county of Churchville)
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Dale (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Dale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Lyons (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Lyons is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
Eshbach (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Eshbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach Huffs Church (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Bechtelsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Landis Store (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Landis Store is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store Red Lion (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Red Lion is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Rittenhouse Gap (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Rittenhouse Gap is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Gap Boyertown (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Indian Springs Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Colebrookdale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Lobachsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Manatawny (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Manatawny is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Steinsburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Argus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Milford Square (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Trumbauersville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Zionhill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Hilltop (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Quakertown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Rich Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Richlandtown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Sellersville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Derstines (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Passer (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Germans (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Kittatinny (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Ashfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Hazard (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Palmerton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Palmerton is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
Bowmanstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Little Gap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Little Gap is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap Parryville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Weissport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
New Mahoning (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Lehighton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
South Pottstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Fricks Lock (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Kenilworth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Pottstown Landing (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing Parker Ford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Slonaker (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Spring City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Bucktown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Pughtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Seven Stars (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Sheeder (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder Knauertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Radnor Station (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Saint Davids (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Wayne (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Green Countrie Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Montrose Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Allgates (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Haverford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Indiana County
Ernest (25 miles [40.2 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 Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Churchtown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Terre Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
East Earl (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Red Run (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Weaverland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Blainsport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Hosensack (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Hensingersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Old Zionsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Alburtis (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Macungie (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Dillingerville (7 miles [11.3 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 Ancient Oaks (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Emmaus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Limeport (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Limeport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeport Wescosville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Chapman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Fruitville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Palm (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Congo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo East Greenville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Pennsburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Pleasant Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Red Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Gilbertsville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Anise (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Hoppenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Hoppenville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppenville New Hanover (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Green Lane (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Perkiomenville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Leithsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Seidersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Hellertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Bethlehem (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Freemansburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Wassergass (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Wassergass is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassergass Northampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Weaversville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Hanover (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Steel City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Steel City is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City Howertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Chestnut Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Roxborough (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Andreas (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mantz (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Port Clinton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Rauschs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Auburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
McKeansburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg New Ringgold (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Hunterdon County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Hughesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hughesville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville Raven Rock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock Barbertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Barbertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown Idell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Idell is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idell Mount Pleasant (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Mount Pleasant is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Warren County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Phillipsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Phillipsburg is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
Warren Glen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Warren Glen is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Glen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Churchville, see our County-by-County Page for Churchville .
Cemeteries Near Churchville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Churchville.
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 Churchville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Churchville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Hereford Mennonite Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
St. Francis Catholic Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Christ Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bethesda Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Rauch Hertzog Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Huff Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Huff Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Huffs Church The Huff Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Huff Union Church Cemetery Huff's Evangelical Church Cemetery Huff's Union Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45157 <2>
Weller Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hill Church Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
St. Pauls Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Marks Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Holy Cross Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (394 more) ...
Evangelical Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Kraussdale Schwenkfelder Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Schwenkfelder Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Churchville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Churchville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Churchville, with the one closest to Churchville listed first.
Niantic (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Niantic is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niantic Clayton (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Clayton is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Dale (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Dale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Eshbach (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Eshbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach Fruitville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Bechtelsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Congo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Harlem (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Harlem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Palm (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Huffs Church (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Chapel (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Chapel is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hereford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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Seisholtzville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Seisholtzville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seisholtzville New Berlinville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Sassamansville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Sassamansville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassamansville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Churchville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Churchville .
Newspapers Published in Churchville ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Churchville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Churchville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Churchville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Churchville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Philadelphia County Schuylkill County Hunterdon County Warren County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Churchville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
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 Churchville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Churchville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.