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 Englesville (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 Englesville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Englesville is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Englesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Englesville:
Berks County (The home county of Englesville)
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Boyertown (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Indian Springs Village (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Colebrookdale (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Colebrookdale is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Ironstone (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Ironstone is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Bechtelsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Eshbach (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Eshbach is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach Lyons (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Lyons is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
Amity Gardens (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Amity Gardens is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Yellow House (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Yellow House is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Dale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Dale is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Manatawny (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Manatawny is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatawny Griesemersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Griesemersville is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Bally (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny County
Overbrook (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Argus (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Milford Square (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Steinsburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Trumbauersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Derstines (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Rich Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Sellersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Quakertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Zionhill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Perkasie (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Selsie Village (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Hilltop (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Kenilworth (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Pottstown Landing (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Fricks Lock (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Parker Ford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Bucktown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Slonaker (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Coventryville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Pughtown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Seven Stars (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Spring City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Sheeder (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder Knauertown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Radnor (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Saint Davids (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wayne (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Radnor Station (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Edgemont (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Green Countrie Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Allgates (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Broomall (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Haverford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Marple (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Indiana County
Ernest (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Churchtown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown East Earl (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Terre Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Red Run (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Blue Ball (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Meadville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Weaverland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Blainsport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Denver (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Reamstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hinkletown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown New Holland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Newmanstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Sheridan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Hensingersville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Hosensack (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Alburtis (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Dillingerville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Old Zionsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Macungie (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Limeport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Limeport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeport Wallner ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Wallner was located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Wescosville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Emmaus (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Gilbertsville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Halfway House (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Congo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo New Hanover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Pottstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Stowe (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Fagleysville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville West Pottsgrove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Anise (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Pleasant Run (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Sanatoga (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bramcote (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Leithsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Seidersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Hellertown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Bethlehem (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Northampton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Freemansburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Wassergass (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Wassergass is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassergass Howertown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Lower Saucon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Lower Saucon is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Saucon Middletown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Middletown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Chestnut Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Roxborough (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Allen Lane (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Manayunk (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Upsal (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Port Clinton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Andreas (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Mantz (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Auburn (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Rauschs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Englesville, see our County-by-County Page for Englesville .
Cemeteries Near Englesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Englesville.
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 Englesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Englesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Fritz Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Fairview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Hanawas Sachem Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Highland Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Congregation Mercy & Truth Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
St. Johns Greek Catholic Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Falkner Swamp Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkner Swamp Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Falkner Swamp Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of New Hanover The Falkner Swamp Cemetery has also been known as:
Falker Swamp Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44837 <2>
Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of New Hanover The Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Falkner Swamp UCC Cemetery Hollowbush Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2521127 <2>
New Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Holy Trinity Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (402 more) ...
Pottstown Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Aloysius Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Hill Church Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Englesville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Englesville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Englesville, with the one closest to Englesville listed first.
Little Oley (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Little Oley is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oley Colebrookdale (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Colebrookdale is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Boyertown (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Ironstone (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Ironstone is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Gilbertsville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
New Berlinville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Greshville (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Greshville is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshville Worman (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Worman is also located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worman New Hanover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Layfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Layfield is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layfield Congo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Bechtelsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (15 more) ...
Stowe (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pottstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Fagleysville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Englesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Englesville .
Newspapers Published in Englesville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Englesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Englesville, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Englesville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Englesville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Bucks County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Philadelphia County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Englesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
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 Englesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Englesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.