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 Embreeville (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 Embreeville. 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.
Embreeville 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 Embreeville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Embreeville:
Chester County (The home county of Embreeville)
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Mortonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Mortonville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Unionville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Unionville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Marlboro (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Marlboro is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro Corinne (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Corinne is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne Wawaset (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Wawaset is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawaset Thorndale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Caln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Caln is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Modena (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Modena is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
Red Lion (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Red Lion is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Youngsburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Youngsburg is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsburg Clonmell (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Clonmell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clonmell Buck Run (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Buck Run is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Allegheny County
Overbrook (26 miles [41.8 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 Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Kenneys (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Morgantown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Joanna (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Geigertown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown New Morgan (19 miles [30.6 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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Plowville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Monocacy (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Beckersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Amity Gardens (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Birdsboro (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Glen Mills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Chelsea (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Chester Heights (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Garnet Valley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Aston Mills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Edgemont (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Lima (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Rockdale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Creekside Village at Naamans (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Boothwyn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Indiana County
Ernest (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
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 Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Christiana (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Gap (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Meadville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Ninepoints (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Smyrna (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Beartown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Buyerstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Kinzers (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Churchtown (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
East Earl (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Summerhill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Leaman Place (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Port Providence (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Mingo (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Colonial Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Royersford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Bramcote (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Audubon (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
King - of - Prussia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Pottstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Brandywine Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Brandywine Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Village Gulph Mills Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Gulph Mills Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph Mills Village Gulph Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Rampart Ridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
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 Manayunk (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Roxborough (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough 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 Allen Lane (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Chestnut Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Southwest Center City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City Upsal (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Germantown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Philadelphia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Yorklyn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Vintage Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Ashland (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Centreville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hockessin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Southwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Mount Cuba (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Cokesbury Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village North Star (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star York Towne (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Winterthur (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Greenville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Appleton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Old Line Village of Fair Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Blake (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Fair Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Andora (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Barksdale (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale West Creek Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Bank ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Cherry Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Elk Mills (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Iron Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Iron Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill Blue Ball Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Harford County (MD)
Conowingo Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Bridgeport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Mickleton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Red Bank (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Thorofare (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Parkville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Mullica Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Carneys Point (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pennsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Pointers (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Salem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Acton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Penton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Portertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Riddleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Embreeville, see our County-by-County Page for Embreeville .
Cemeteries Near Embreeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Embreeville.
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 Embreeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Embreeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Marshallton UMC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Doe Run Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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>
St. Joseph Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Mt. Olive African American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
West Marlborough AME Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Union Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Patrick's Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Longwood Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
St. Cecilia Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Fairview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Fallowfield Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Chatham . The St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Catholic Cemetery Doe Run Catholic Church Cemetery St. Malachi Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192550 <2>
Continue List (373 more) ...
Oaklands Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
Londonderry Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Embreeville had a population of 147 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Embreeville, with the one closest to Embreeville listed first.
Romansville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Romansville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romansville Glenhall (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Glenhall is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhall Unionville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Unionville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Marlboro (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Marlboro is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro Northbrook (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Northbrook is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbrook Mortonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Mortonville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Laurel (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Laurel is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Willowdale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Willowdale is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale Corinne (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Corinne is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne Marshallton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Marshallton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton Doe Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Doe Run is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Wawaset (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Wawaset is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawaset Continue List (16 more) ...
Caln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Caln is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Gallagherville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Gallagherville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagherville Modena (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Modena is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Embreeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Embreeville .
Newspapers Published in Embreeville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Embreeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Embreeville, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Embreeville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Embreeville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil County Harford County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Embreeville. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Embreeville) 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 Embreeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.