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 Fayetteville (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 Fayetteville. 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 and hospitals 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.
Fayetteville is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Frederick (MD), Washington (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Fayetteville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fayetteville:
- Franklin County (The home county of Fayetteville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Brownsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- West Fayetteville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Fayetteville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fayetteville
- Mount Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Union is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Caledonia Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Mont Alto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guilford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- New Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Altenwald
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Altenwald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altenwald
- Green Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Chambersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Guilford Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Guilford Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford Springs
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Trust
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Cashtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cashtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Cashtown - McKnightstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Orrtanna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia Mills is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Mills
- McKnightstown Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arendtsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mummasburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mummasburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mummasburg
- Seven Stars
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Jacks Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Carroll Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Shippensburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lees Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
- Newburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Big Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Huntsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Montsera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montsera is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montsera
- Newville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Hunters Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Barnitz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Bears Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
- Mount Holly Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Burnt Cabins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Cabins is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabins
- Knobsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Knobsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobsville
- McConnellsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fort Littleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Clear Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Harrisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Laidig
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Pleasant Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Waterfall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Neelyton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton
- Shade Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maddensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maddensville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddensville
- Blairs Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills
- Pogue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Selea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Selea is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selea
- Orbisonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Three Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Waterloo is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Perulack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Perry County
- New Germantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Uniontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Pennville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pennville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Harney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Keysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Keysville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
- Bruceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Taneytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Keymar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bark Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bark Hill is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bark Hill
- Union Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Sabillasville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Emmitsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thurmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Catoctin Furnace
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Catoctin Furnace is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoctin Furnace
- Jimtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Rocky Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Walk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Creagerstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Creagerstown is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creagerstown
- Mountaindale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mountaindale is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
- Myersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ladiesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- New Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Midway is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Midway
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Highfield - Cascade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Pen Mar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pen Mar is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Mar
- Pen Mar has also been known as:
- Pen Mar Park
- Hill Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hill Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
- Leitersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leitersburg is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitersburg
- Smithsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Long Meadow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
- Paramount - Long Meadow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paramount - Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount - Long Meadow
- Cavetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cavetown is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Greenvale Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greenvale Village is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
- Fountainhead - Orchard Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maugansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Berkeley County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Falling Waters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fayetteville, see our County-by-County Page for Fayetteville.
Cemeteries Near Fayetteville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fayetteville.
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 Fayetteville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fayetteville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- New Guilford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Strang Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersburg Mennonite Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Antietam Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antietam Church Cemetery
- The Antietam Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prices Church Cemetery
- Trinity Fellowship Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1753915 <2>
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Veterans Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Myers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- German Reformed Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Reformed Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Reformed Cemetery is located in Greencastle.
- The German Reformed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261256 <2>
- Fairfield Union Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fayetteville had a population of 672 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fayetteville, with the one closest to Fayetteville listed first.
- Duffield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duffield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffield
- Pond Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pond Bank is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Bank
- Woodstock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- New Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Franklin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Mont Alto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Graefenburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Graefenburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graefenburg
- Scotland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altenwald
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Altenwald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altenwald
- Knepper
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Knepper is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knepper
- Green Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Chambersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Guilford Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Guilford Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford Springs
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Five Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fayetteville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fayetteville.
Newspapers Published in Fayetteville ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fayetteville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fayetteville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fayetteville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fayetteville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Perry County
- York County
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Washington County
- Berkeley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fayetteville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Fayetteville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |