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 Dorlan (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 Dorlan. 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 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.
Dorlan 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 Dorlan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dorlan:
Chester County (The home county of Dorlan)
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Lyndell (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Lyndell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell Milford Mills (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Milford Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Mills Cornog (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Cornog is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornog Downingtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Lionville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Springton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Springton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springton Ackworth (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Ackworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth Ludwigs Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ludwigs Corner is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwigs Corner Anselma (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Anselma is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselma Matthews (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Matthews is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Thorndale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Whitford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Whitford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford Allegheny County
Overbrook (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Kenneys (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Joanna (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Morgantown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown New Morgan (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Bally (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Monocacy (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Scarlets Mill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Amity Gardens (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Birdsboro (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Plowville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Beckersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Argus (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Derstines (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Fairhill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Sellersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Trumbauersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Edgemont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Glen Mills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Chester Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Green Countrie Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Saint Davids (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Lima (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Ithan (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Aston Mills (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Chelsea (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Elwyn (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Elwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwyn Garnet Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Indiana County
Ernest (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
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 Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Churchtown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Beartown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Meadville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Christiana (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Gap (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown East Earl (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Blue Ball (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Kinzers (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Smyrna (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Ninepoints (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints New Holland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Hosensack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Bramcote (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Mingo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Port Providence (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Royersford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Pottstown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Stowe (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Sanatoga (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Audubon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Halfway House (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Collegeville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Limerick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Roxborough (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Chestnut Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Manayunk (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Allen Lane (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Bartram Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Upsal (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Germantown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown University City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Philadelphia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pittville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Somerville ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Centreville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Yorklyn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Ashland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Hockessin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Vintage Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Mount Cuba (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Southwood (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Winterthur (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Rockland (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Talleyville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village Greenville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Appleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Old Line Village of Fair Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Fair Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Blake (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Andora (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Barksdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Blue Ball Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Bank ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Cherry Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Elk Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
West Creek Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Calvert (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Bridgeport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Mickleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Carneys Point (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dorlan, see our County-by-County Page for Dorlan .
Cemeteries Near Dorlan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dorlan.
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 Dorlan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dorlan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
St. Joseph Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
St. Cecilia Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Fairview Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Oaklands Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklands Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oaklands Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45667 <2>
Oakland Friends Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Friends Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Friends Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Oakland Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
Oakland Friends Burial Ground West Chester Orthodox Friends Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2150516 <2>
St. Agnes Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Agnes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45960 <2>
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex To give a relative sense of its location, the Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex has also been known as:
Chestnut Grove Annex Cemetery Oaklands Cemetery Annex Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44579 <2>
Oakland Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Ebenezer AME Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer AME Cemetery The Ebenezer AME Cemetery has also been known as:
Chester Valley AME Cemetery Valley Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351899 <2>
Beth Israel Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (413 more) ...
Polish Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Doe Run Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Doe Run Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Coatesville . The Doe Run Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244008 <2>
Marshallton UMC Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Dorlan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dorlan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dorlan, with the one closest to Dorlan listed first.
Dowlin (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Dowlin is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowlin Milford Mills (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Milford Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Mills Lyndell (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Lyndell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell Guthriesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Guthriesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthriesville Downingtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Byers (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Byers is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Cornog (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Cornog is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornog Gallagherville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Gallagherville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagherville Woodbine (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Woodbine is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Ackworth (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Ackworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth Lionville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Wallace (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Wallace is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Continue List (15 more) ...
Springton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Springton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springton Thorndale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bradford Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Bradford Hills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Hills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dorlan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dorlan .
Newspapers Published in Dorlan ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dorlan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dorlan, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Dorlan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Dorlan:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lehigh County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dorlan. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dorlan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Dorlan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.