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 Ercildoun (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 Ercildoun. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ercildoun 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 Ercildoun. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ercildoun:
Chester County (The home county of Ercildoun)
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Youngsburg (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Youngsburg is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsburg Buck Run (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Buck Run is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Coatesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Modena (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Modena is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
South Coatesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
South Coatesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coatesville Population from the 2020 Census: 1,499 people
Pomeroy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Stottsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Stottsville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville Mortonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mortonville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Sadsburyville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Caln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Caln is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Clonmell (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Clonmell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clonmell Parkesburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Cedar Knoll (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Cedar Knoll is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Morgantown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Joanna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Kenneys (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys New Morgan (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Geigertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Plowville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Beckersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Scarlets Mill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Bally (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Alleghenyville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Alleghenyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville Monocacy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Angelica (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Angelica is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica Birdsboro (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Glen Mills (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Chelsea (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Chester Heights (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Edgemont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Garnet Valley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Aston Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Creekside Village at Naamans (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Lima (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Rockdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Boothwyn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Elwyn (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Elwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwyn Indiana County
Ernest (29 miles [46.7 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 Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Christiana (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Gap (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Smyrna (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Meadville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Buyerstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Ninepoints (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Kinzers (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Beartown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Churchtown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
East Earl (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Intercourse (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Leaman Place (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place Paradise (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Bramcote (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Stowe (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Mingo (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Port Providence (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Royersford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Pottstown (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Audubon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Sanatoga (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Halfway House (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House King - of - Prussia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Limerick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Slate Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Castle Fin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Slab (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Delta (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Bryansville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Susquehanna Trails (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Goram (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Goram is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram Kyleville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Southwood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Vintage Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Yorklyn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Ashland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Hockessin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
York Towne (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Centreville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
North Star (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Cokesbury Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village Mendenhall Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Mount Cuba (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba Pike Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek Winterthur (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Old Line Village of Fair Hill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Blake (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Fair Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Appleton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Blue Ball Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Andora (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Calvert (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Sylmar (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar Barksdale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale 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)
West Creek Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Mason Dixon Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Conowingo Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Darlington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Stafford ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Stafford is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Dublin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Dublin is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Garland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Garland is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Glenville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Glenville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Havre de Grace (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Poole (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Poole is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Webster Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Bridgeport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Beckett (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Gibbstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun 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 (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Auburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ercildoun, see our County-by-County Page for Ercildoun .
Cemeteries Near Ercildoun ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ercildoun.
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 Ercildoun - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ercildoun covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Fallowfield Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Friendship Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Ukrainian Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Doe Run Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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]<2> Coatesville . The Doe Run Cemetery has also been known as:
Doe Run Presbyterian Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244008 <3>
Fairview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
St. Malachi Catholic Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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]<2> 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 <3>
St. Cecilia Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Londonderry Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Olive African American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
West Marlborough AME Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Beth Israel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Polish Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Continue List (373 more) ...
Glen Run Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
St. Joseph Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
West Grove Friends Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ercildoun had a population of 162 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ercildoun, with the one closest to Ercildoun listed first.
Buck Run (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Buck Run is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Doe Run (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Doe Run is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Modena (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Modena is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
Coatesville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Pomeroy (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Stottsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Stottsville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville Laurel (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Laurel is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mortonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mortonville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortonville Sadsburyville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Green Lawn (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Green Lawn is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Clonmell (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Clonmell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clonmell Wagontown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Wagontown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagontown Continue List (14 more) ...
Caln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Caln is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caln Siousca (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Siousca is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siousca Parkesburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ercildoun. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ercildoun .
Newspapers Published in Ercildoun ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ercildoun.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ercildoun, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Ercildoun.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Ercildoun:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Montgomery County York 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 Ercildoun. 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. 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 from Point A (ie- Ercildoun) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Ercildoun, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.