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 Colonial Woods (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 Colonial Woods. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Colonial Woods 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 Colonial Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colonial Woods:
- York County (The home county of Colonial Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Marsh Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Redland Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- New Market
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Valley Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Quaker Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Lewisberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nauvoo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Erney
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- Andersontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Lake Meade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Latimore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- East Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- York Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Abbottstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Idaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Gardners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Newchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Aspers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Berks County
- Meckville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Lower Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- New Cumberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lisburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Lemoyne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wormleysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Allenview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Shiremanstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Sporting Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Enola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Highspire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Steelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Lawnton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Paxtang
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Penbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Progress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Rutherford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Edgemont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Falmouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Aberdeen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Rheems
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Milton Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Maytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Florin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Mount Joy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mastersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Campbelltown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Syner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Colebrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Fontana
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Mount Gretna Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Annville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cleona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Northumberland County
- Malta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Marysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Duncannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Rose Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Mecks Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Bailey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Falling Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Blain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Schuylkill County
- Suedberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colonial Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Colonial Woods.
Cemeteries Near Colonial Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colonial Woods.
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 Colonial Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colonial Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fetrow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harrisburg.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1921632 <2>
- Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smoketown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Midland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roof Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dauphin County Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Paddletown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- William Howard Day Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Howard Day Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the William Howard Day Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harrisburg.
- The William Howard Day Cemetery has also been known as:
- Day Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44666 <2>
- Baldwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Colonial Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Colonial Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colonial Woods, with the one closest to Colonial Woods listed first.
- Marsh Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Yocumtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yocumtown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocumtown
- Highspire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oberlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oberlin is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
- Steelton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lisburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Newberrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newberrytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberrytown
- Goldsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- New Cumberland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eberlys Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eberlys Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eberlys Mill
- Andersontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Erney
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- Middletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Paxtang
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colonial Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colonial Woods.
Newspapers Published in Colonial Woods ...
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 180 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colonial Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colonial Woods, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colonial Woods.
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 helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Colonial Woods:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Berks County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill 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> | 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 Colonial Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Colonial Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |