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 Fetherolfsville (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 Fetherolfsville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Fetherolfsville 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 Fetherolfsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fetherolfsville:
Berks County (The home county of Fetherolfsville)
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Stony Run (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Stony Run is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run Quaker City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Quaker City is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City Grimville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Krumsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Lenhartsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Eagle Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Eagle Point is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Ededburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ededburg is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg Kutztown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Monterey (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Monterey is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Schofer (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Schofer is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofer Windsor Castle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Windsor Castle is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle Hamburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Steinsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Hilltop (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Zionhill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Milford Square (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Shelly (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Passer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Richlandtown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Trumbauersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Pullen (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pullen is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullen Springtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Argus (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Quakertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Germans (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans New Mahoning (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Ashfield (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Mertz Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Lansford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Kittatinny (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Weissport (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Summit Hill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Hazard (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Lehighton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Parryville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Bowmanstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Pottstown Landing (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Fricks Lock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Columbia County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Aristes (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Aristes is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes Centralia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Locustdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Blainsport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Cocalico (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Newmanstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Richland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Greble (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Greble is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble Myerstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Jacksonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Stines Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Hynemansville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Weisenberg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Lochland (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Lochland is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland New Smithville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Seipstown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Weidasville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Weidasville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidasville Wallner ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Newside (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Newside is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newside Chapman (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Custer (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Custer is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer Luzerne County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Hazleton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Harwood (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Harwood is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood Jeddo (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Jeddo is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
West Hazleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
Ebervale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Ebervale is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale Eckley ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Eckley is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley Eckley has also been known as:
Eckley Miners Village Harleigh (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Freeland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Highlands (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Highlands is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands Tomhicken (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken Newtown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Newtown is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown Conyngham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Kresgeville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Gilbert (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Rossland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Rossland is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland Brodheadsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Palm (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Congo (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo East Greenville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Gilbertsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Pennsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Red Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Anise (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Halfway House (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Hoppenville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Hoppenville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppenville New Hanover (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Lockport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Walnutport (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville Cherryville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville North Catasauqua (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Howertown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Danielsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Arndts (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Arndts is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts Franks Corner (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Franks Corner is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Mantz (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Rene Mont (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Andreas (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Rauschs (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs New Ringgold (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Port Clinton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Deer Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Coaldale (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Tamaqua (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Auburn (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Landingville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fetherolfsville, see our County-by-County Page for Fetherolfsville .
Cemeteries Near Fetherolfsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fetherolfsville.
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 Fetherolfsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fetherolfsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Friedens Lutheran Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Lutheran Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stony Run . The Friedens Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #335558 <2>
New Bethel Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Friedens Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lenhartsville . The Friedens Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Friedens Church Cemetery Friedens Reformed UCC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976374 <2>
Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Millers Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
New Jerusalem Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Zion Moselem Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Fairview Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Hope Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Greenwood Catholic Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
St. Johns Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (304 more) ...
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Beckers St. Peters Church Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
St. Peters Reformed Church Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Fetherolfsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fetherolfsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fetherolfsville, with the one closest to Fetherolfsville listed first.
Kempton (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Albany (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Albany is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Stony Run (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Stony Run is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run Trexler (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Trexler is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trexler Greenawald (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Greenawald is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenawald Wanamakers (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Wanamakers is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamakers Steinsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Steinsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsville Jacksonville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Klinesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Klinesville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klinesville Stines Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Lynnport (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Lynnport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnport Lenhartsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (16 more) ...
Krumsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Grimville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Lynnville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lynnville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fetherolfsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fetherolfsville .
Newspapers Published in Fetherolfsville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fetherolfsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fetherolfsville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Fetherolfsville.
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 Fetherolfsville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Columbia County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Luzerne County Monroe County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fetherolfsville. 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 Fetherolfsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Fetherolfsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.