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 Dowlin (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 Dowlin. 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 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 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.
Dowlin 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 Dowlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dowlin:
Chester County (The home county of Dowlin)
The following are listed by their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Lionville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Lyndell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Lyndell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell Milford Mills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Milford Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Mills Downingtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Ackworth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Ackworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth Cornog (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cornog is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornog Thorndale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Exton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Anselma (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Anselma is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselma Springton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Springton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springton Whitford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Whitford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford Ludwigs Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Ludwigs Corner is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwigs Corner Caln (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Caln is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Allegheny County
Overbrook (24 miles [38.6 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 Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Kenneys (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Joanna (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Morgantown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown New Morgan (13 miles [20.9 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Monocacy (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Scarlets Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Amity Gardens (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Birdsboro (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Beckersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Plowville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Robeson Crossing (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Robeson Crossing is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robeson Crossing Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin 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)
Trumbauersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin 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 (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Green Countrie Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Lima (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Ithan (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Marple (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Radnor Station (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Aston Mills (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Chelsea (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Garnet Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Rockdale (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale 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 Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Churchtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Beartown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Meadville (15 miles [24.1 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 west)
Gap (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
East Earl (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Blue Ball (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown 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 Terre Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Weaverland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Lehigh County
Hosensack (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Port Providence (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Mingo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Royersford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Bramcote (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote 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 north)
Audubon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Pottsgrove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove 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 Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Roxborough (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Manayunk (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Bartram Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village 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 Upsal (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal 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 Germantown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Somerville ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Southwest Center City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City 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 Wayne Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Branchtown ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Centreville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Ashland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Yorklyn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Hockessin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Mount Cuba (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Southwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood 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 Winterthur (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Talleyville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village Greenville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Montchanin (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Rockland (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin 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 Fair Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Blake (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Old Line Village of Fair Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Andora (25 miles [40.2 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 Elk Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
West Creek Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Winding Brook Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Winding Brook Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Brook Village 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 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 Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Red Bank (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Mickleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Thorofare (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Carneys Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (28 miles [45.1 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 Dowlin, see our County-by-County Page for Dowlin .
Cemeteries Near Dowlin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dowlin.
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 Dowlin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dowlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
St. Joseph Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
St. Cecilia Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Fairview Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Marshallton UMC Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
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)
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>
Philadelphia Memorial Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (409 more) ...
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 west)
Polish Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Dowlin had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dowlin, with the one closest to Dowlin listed first.
Gallagherville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Gallagherville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagherville Downingtown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Woodbine (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Woodbine is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Ackworth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Ackworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth Lionville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Milford Mills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Milford Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Mills Lyndell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Lyndell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndell Thorndale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bradford Hills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Bradford Hills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Hills Oakland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Oakland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Wallace (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Wallace is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Byers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Byers is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Continue List (15 more) ...
Cornog (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cornog is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornog Guthriesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Guthriesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthriesville Whitford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Whitford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dowlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dowlin .
Newspapers Published in Dowlin ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dowlin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dowlin, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Dowlin.
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 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 Dowlin:
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 Dowlin. 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 . 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 Dowlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Dowlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.