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 Forestville (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 Forestville. 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 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.
Forestville is located in Chester County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Forestville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forestville:
Chester County (The home county of Forestville)
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Elkview (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Jennersville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville Daleville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Daleville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville West Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Oxford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Baker (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Baker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Chatham (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Chatham is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Barnsley (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Barnsley is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley Avondale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Clonmell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Clonmell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clonmell Kemblesville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Chrome (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Chrome is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Hopewell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Morgantown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Joanna (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Kenneys (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys New Morgan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Geigertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Plowville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Beckersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Beckersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville Scarlets Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Alleghenyville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Alleghenyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville Adamstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Adamstown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
Adamstown has also been known as:
Adamschteddel Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
Angelica (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Angelica is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica Bally (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Zebleys Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Chelsea (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Creekside Village at Naamans (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Garnet Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Glen Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Aston Mills (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Boothwyn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Lima (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Linwood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Rockdale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Village Green (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Village Green is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Ninepoints (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Oak Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Summerhill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Christiana (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Smyrna (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Kirks Mills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills Little Britain (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Little Britain is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain Gap (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Mechanic Grove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove Kinzers (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Quarryville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Furniss (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Furniss is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss Montgomery County
Port Providence (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence York County
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Slate Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Castle Fin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Delta (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Slab (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Bryansville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Susquehanna Trails (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Kyleville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville Airville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Goram (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Goram is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram Bruce (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bruce is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Fawn Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Muddy Creek Forks (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Muddy Creek Forks is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek Forks New Freedom (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
North Star (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Southwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood York Towne (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Hockessin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Vintage Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Mendenhall Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Yorklyn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Newark (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Newark is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <1>
Pike Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek The Village of Drummond Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Ashland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Cokesbury Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village English Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
English Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Blake (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Old Line Village of Fair Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Fair Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Calvert (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Andora (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Appleton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Sylmar (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar Zion (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Zion is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Mason Dixon Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village Cherry Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Childs (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Childs is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Barksdale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Conowingo Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Darlington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Stafford ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Stafford is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Garland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Garland is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Glenville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Glenville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Havre de Grace (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Poole (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Poole is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Webster Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village Dublin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Dublin is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Hopewell Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village Level (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Level is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Scarboro (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Scarboro is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Beckett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Bridgeport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Pennsville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Carneys Point (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Auburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Pointers (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Salem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Acton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forestville, see our County-by-County Page for Forestville .
Cemeteries Near Forestville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forestville.
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 Forestville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forestville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Hosanna Meeting House Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Elkridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Episcopalian Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. John's Episcopal Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
New West Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Oxford Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Little Elk Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
West Grove Friends Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Calvary Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Glen Run Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Londonderry Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Continue List (295 more) ...
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
St. Johns Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Forestville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forestville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forestville, with the one closest to Forestville listed first.
Elkview (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Kelton (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Kelton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton Jennersville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville Faggs Manor (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Faggs Manor is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faggs Manor Russellville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Russellville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville New London (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
New London is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London Oxford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Hickory Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Hickory Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill West Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Barnsley (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Barnsley is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley Chesterville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Chesterville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville Baker (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Baker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Continue List (13 more) ...
Chatham (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Chatham is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Tweedale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Tweedale is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale Hopewell (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forestville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forestville .
Newspapers Published in Forestville ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forestville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forestville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Forestville.
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 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 Forestville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County Delaware County Lancaster County Montgomery County York County New Castle County Cecil County Harford County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forestville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Forestville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forestville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.