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 East William Penn (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 East William Penn. 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.
Name Variations for East William Penn ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East William Penn: E. William Penn
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
East William Penn is located in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near East William Penn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East William Penn:
- Schuylkill County (The home county of East William Penn)
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Gilberton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gilberton is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
- Maizeville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maizeville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maizeville
- Shenandoah Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shenandoah Heights is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Heights
- Shenandoah
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Altamont
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Altamont is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Frackville Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frackville Junction
- Mahanoy Plane
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mahanoy Plane is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahanoy Plane
- Lost Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Raven Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Krebs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Frackville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Quaker City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Schubert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Shartlesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ededburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Hamburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strausstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Berne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berne is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Meckville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- New Schaefferstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Rehrersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Lenhartsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Tresckow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Lansford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coxes Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Hudsondale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Nesquehoning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Summit Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Weatherly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mertz Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
- Germans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Germans is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
- Jim Thorpe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Aristes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Centralia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Locustdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Numidia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Shumans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Slabtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Mainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Queen City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Hetlerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Mifflinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Catawissa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Williamstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Erdman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Gratz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lykens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Gold Mine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Murray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Greble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Fredericksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Inwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Inwood is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Mount Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Green Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Lickdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lickdale is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale
- Myerstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jonestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Jacksonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lochland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Stines Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Slatedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Custer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Hynemansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville
- New Smithville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
- Weisenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Mountain Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Tomhicken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Newtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Harwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Conyngham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sybertsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Hazleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- Nescopeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hazleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- East Berwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Harleigh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alaska
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Dooleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Locust Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Natalie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Bear Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Gowen City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Marshallton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Elysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kulpmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shamokin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East William Penn, see our County-by-County Page for East William Penn.
Cemeteries Near East William Penn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East William Penn.
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 East William Penn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East William Penn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Old St. Casmir's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Peddlars Grave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hetherington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brandonville.
- The Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brandonville Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2227564 <3>
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- German Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find East William Penn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East William Penn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East William Penn, with the one closest to East William Penn listed first.
- Maizeville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maizeville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maizeville
- Gilberton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gilberton is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
- Lost Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Mahanoy Plane
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mahanoy Plane is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahanoy Plane
- Frackville Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frackville Junction
- Shenandoah
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Raven Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Frackville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Nicholas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Nicholas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
- Yatesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Krebs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Ringtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Girardville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wetherill Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wetherill Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetherill Junction
- Morea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morea is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morea
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East William Penn. See our List of 1890's Communities around East William Penn.
Newspapers Published in East William Penn ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around East William Penn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East William Penn, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East William Penn.
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 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 East William Penn:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Schuylkill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Montour County
- Northumberland 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East William Penn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 East William Penn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |