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 Erly (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 Erly. 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 doctors 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.
Erly is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Erly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Erly:
Perry County (The home county of Erly)
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Elliottsburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Ickesburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Eshcol (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Landisburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bixler (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Alinda (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Centre (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Kistler (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Kistler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Cisna Run (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run Falling Spring (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Blain (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Mecks Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Newport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Adams County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Latimore (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore Gardners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Gargol (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Gargol is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol Idaville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Idaville is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville Bendersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Aspers (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
York Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Allegheny County
Bloomfield (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Centre County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Ingleby (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ingleby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby Fruittown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Fruittown is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown Potters Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Potters Mills is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Caprivi (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Bears Crossroads (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads Plainfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Schlusser (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Newville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Carlisle (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Washington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Washington is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington New Kingstown (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Big Spring (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Big Spring is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring Barnitz (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Barnitz is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz Craighead (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Craighead is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead Good Hope (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Dauphin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Halifax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Millersburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Stone Glen (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Fisherville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Lucknow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Paxton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Harrisburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hillside Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village Rife (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Enders (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Enterline (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Concord (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Concord is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Doylestown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Doylestown is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown Mowersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Mowersville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville Roxbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Roxbury is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Dry Run (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Dry Run is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run Newbridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Newbridge is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge Orrstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pinola (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Pinola is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola Pleasant Hall (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall Huntingdon County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Blairs Mills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills Aughwick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick Mount Union (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Shirleysburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Ennisville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville Neelyton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Mexico (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Old Port (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Locust Run (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Doyles Mills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Mifflin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mifflintown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Thompsontown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
McCullochs Mills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills East Rutherford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
East Rutherford is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford Reeds Gap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap McAlisterville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Perulack (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Perulack is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Paintersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Anderson (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Juniata Terrace (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Highland Park (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Burnham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Yeagertown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mattawana (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Mattawana is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana Honey Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Lumber City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City McVeytown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Northumberland County
Malta (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
McClure (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Bannerville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Bannerville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville Beaver Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Middle Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Middle Creek is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Beavertown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Benfer (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Benfer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer Aline (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Mount Pleasant Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Shadle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Troxelville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Troxelville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville Hoffer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McKees Half Falls (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Paxtonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville Union County
Cherry Run (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Cherry Run is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run York County
The following are listed by their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Siddonsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Andersontown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Rudytown ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Dillsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
New Market (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Uniontown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Uniontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Nauvoo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Mount Top (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mount Top is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Erly, see our County-by-County Page for Erly .
Cemeteries Near Erly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erly.
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 Erly - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Erly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Restland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Emory Chapel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Eshcol Memorial Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Landisburg Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Paul Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Kilmer Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Church Hill Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Blain Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bull Hill Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Union Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
McClures Gap Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bookwalter Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Continue List (187 more) ...
Locust Run Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Locust Run Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Locust Run . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45311 <2>
Cedar Grove Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Grove Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> Mifflintown . Lower Tuscarora Church Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Erly in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Erly.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Erly, with the one closest to Erly listed first.
Elliottsburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Roseburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Roseburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg Ickesburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Mannsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mannsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Eshcol (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Saville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Saville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saville Bixler (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Landisburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Kistler (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Kistler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Centre (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Alinda (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Cisna Run (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run Continue List (14 more) ...
Andersonburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Andersonburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonburg Falling Spring (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Tuscarora (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Tuscarora is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Erly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Erly .
Newspapers Published in Erly ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Erly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erly, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Erly.
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 websites either 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 Erly:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Allegheny County Centre County Cumberland County Dauphin County Franklin County Huntingdon County Juniata County Mifflin County Northumberland County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Erly. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.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 'straight-line' (or 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- Erly) 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 Erly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.