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 Coopersville (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 Coopersville. 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.
Coopersville is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Coopersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coopersville:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Coopersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Smyrna
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smyrna is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Ninepoints
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints
- Christiana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kinzers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buyerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown
- Leaman Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place
- Gordonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Intercourse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quarryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanic Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Morgantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joanna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Joanna is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna
- Kenneys
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kenneys is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys
- New Morgan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Morgan is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Adamstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
- Alleghenyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Plowville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Plowville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville
- Beckersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- Geigertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Geigertown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown
- Angelica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Scarlets Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill
- Flying Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Flying Hills is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flying Hills
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Atglen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lenover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Parkesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stottsville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville
- Compass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Pomeroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sadsburyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Buck Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Buck Run is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Tweedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tweedale is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale
- Daleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daleville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Glen Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Zebleys Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner
- Chelsea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chelsea is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Chester Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Garnet Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Johnstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Stricklerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Schaefferstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newmanstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miners Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Sheridan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Burd Coleman Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Bramcote
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Pottsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Pottstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Slab
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Castle Fin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Slate Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Kyleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Airville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Bryansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bryansville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna Trails
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna Trails is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails
- Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Muddy Creek Forks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Muddy Creek Forks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek Forks
- New Bridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Southwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Hockessin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Star is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
- Vintage Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
- York Towne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne
- Yorklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Cokesbury Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village
- Mendenhall Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village
- Pike Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek
- Centreville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- English Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- English Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Mason Dixon Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Sylmar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Calvert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Rising Sun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Old Line Village of Fair Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Blue Ball Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village
- Colora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fair Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Oakwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Conowingo Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Stafford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stafford is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Cambria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Darlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lapidum
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum
- Dublin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Poole
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Poole is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
- Glenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Pylesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Garland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coopersville, see our County-by-County Page for Coopersville.
Cemeteries Near Coopersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coopersville.
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 Coopersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coopersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Wateland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Run Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gordonville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Gordonville.
- The Gordonville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amish Cemetery
- Kauffman's Cemetery
- Weaver Family Cemetery
- Zook's Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259098 <2>
- Paradise Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Providence Church of God Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Londonderry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beiler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oxford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Hosanna Meeting House Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Chatham.
- The St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Doe Run Catholic Cemetery
- Doe Run Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Malachi Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192550 <2>
- Fallowfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Coopersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coopersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coopersville, with the one closest to Coopersville listed first.
- Smyrna
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smyrna is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Ninepoints
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints
- Christiana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bartville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bartville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartville
- Atglen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kinzers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vintage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vintage is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage
- Blackhorse
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackhorse is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Bellemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bellemont is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Buyerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown
- Iva
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Iva is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Collins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Kirkwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kirkwood is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Parkesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coopersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coopersville.
Newspapers Published in Coopersville ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coopersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coopersville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coopersville.
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 Coopersville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Delaware County
- Lebanon County
- Montgomery County
- York County
- New Castle County
- Cecil County
- Harford 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coopersville) 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 Coopersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |