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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 Flintville (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 Flintville. 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 hospitals and 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.

Flintville is located in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.

Below are the counties that are near Flintville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flintville:

  • Lebanon County     (The home county of Flintville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • Schaefferstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Johnstown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Avon Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
    • Prescott
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Prescott is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Myerstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Avon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Avon is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Lebanon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Miners Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
    • Cornwall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Richland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Burd Coleman Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
    • Quentin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • Mount Aetna
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Wintersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Womelsdorf
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Robesonia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bethel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Meckville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Meckville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
    • North Heidelberg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
    • Rehrersburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
    • Brownsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Brownsville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Phoebe Berks Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Phoebe Berks Village is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoebe Berks Village
    • Wernersville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • New Schaefferstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • Cambridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cambridge is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
    • Honey Brook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dampman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dampman is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
    • Suplee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Suplee is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
    • Elverson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Compass
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Compass is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
    • Birdell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Birdell is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
    • Cupola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cupola is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
    • Isabella
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Isabella is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
    • Loag
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Loag is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
    • Rockville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockville is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • New Cumberland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Lemoyne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Lower Allen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
    • West Fairview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
    • Wormleysburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Dauphin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • Bachmanville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
    • Hershey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Grantville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Shellsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
    • Union Deposit
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
    • Hummelstown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Manadahill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
    • Skyline View
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
    • Clifton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Clifton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Middletown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Royalton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Royalton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
    • Rutherford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • Brickerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Poplar Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Cocalico
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
    • Hopeland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
    • Elm
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Elm is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
    • Clay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Mount Hope
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Brunnerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Elstonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
    • Blainsport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
    • Lititz
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <1>
    • Manheim
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Luzerne County
    • Newtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • Irving
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Irving is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
    • Marstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
    • Pine Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Suedberg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
    • Beuchler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
    • Moyers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
    • Paradise
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Ravine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
    • Summit Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
    • Lorberry Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
    • Echo Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
    • Aucheys
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.
    • Wrightsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Prospect
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • East Prospect is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
    • Goldsboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Goldsboro is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • York Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hallam
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hallam is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
    • Craley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Craley is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
    • Manchester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Wolf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Starview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Starview is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
    • Valley Green
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Green is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
    • Marsh Run
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Marsh Run is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
    • Redland Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Redland Village is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flintville, see our County-by-County Page for Flintville.

Cemeteries Near Flintville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flintville.

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 Flintville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flintville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.

  • Lapps Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Horst Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
    • The Horst Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Snavely Cemetery
  • Holy Savior Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Miners Village Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hebron Moravian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kimmerlings Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopeland UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland UMC Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopeland UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Hopeland.
    • The Hopeland UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hopeland Brethren Church Cemetery
    • Hopeland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154417 <2>
  • Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (277 more) ...

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 Flintville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flintville.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Flintville, with the one closest to Flintville listed first.

  • Schaefferstown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Reistville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Reistville is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reistville
  • Iona
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Iona is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
  • Rexmont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rexmont is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexmont
  • Prescott
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Prescott is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
  • North Cornwall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • North Cornwall is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cornwall
  • Cornwall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Miners Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
  • Kleinfeltersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Myerstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Avon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Avon is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Lebanon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Brickerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Millbach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Millbach is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbach
    • Mount Zion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flintville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flintville.

Newspapers Published in Flintville ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flintville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flintville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flintville.

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 Flintville:

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 Flintville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flintville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.