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 Denver (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 Denver. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Denver 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 Denver. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Denver:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Denver)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Reamstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stevens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blainsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Red Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Ephrata
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cocalico
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Hinkletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Terre Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Hopeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Weaverland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Adamstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Phoebe Berks Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Wernersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Robesonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mohnton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Womelsdorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sinking Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Honey Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elverson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dampman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Suplee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Compass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Cupola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Isabella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Loag
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Birdell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Rockville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Atglen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Bachmanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Union Deposit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hummelstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Stricklerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Newmanstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schaefferstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Myerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Cornwall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Miners Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Avon Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Bramcote
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- West Pottsgrove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Stowe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pottstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Halfway House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottsgrove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Gilbertsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sanatoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Congo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Fagleysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Moyers
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Summit Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Aucheys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Port Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Pine Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Friedensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Irving
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Paradise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- East Prospect
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Wrightsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Goram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- New Bridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Hallam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Yorkana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Airville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Denver, see our County-by-County Page for Denver.
Cemeteries Near Denver ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Denver.
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 Denver - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Denver covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith United Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44832 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Reams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
- The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blainsport Cemetery
- Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <2>
- Bowman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (286 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Metzler Mennonite Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Conestoga Old Order Mennonite Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Denver had a population of 742 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Denver had a population of 3,831 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Denver, with the one closest to Denver listed first.
- Stevens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Reamstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Schoeneck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Schoeneck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoeneck
- Swartzville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Swartzville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartzville
- Blainsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Ephrata
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murrell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Murrell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrell
- Hahnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hahnstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahnstown
- Red Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Adamstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Vinemont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vinemont is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemont
- Durlach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Durlach is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durlach
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hinkletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Martindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martindale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Fritztown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fritztown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritztown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Denver. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denver.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Denver ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Denver.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Denver. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Denver and those printed in the larger area surrounding Denver.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of Denver.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Denver:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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 Denver, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Denver) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |