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 Fritztown (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 Fritztown. 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.
Fritztown 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 Fritztown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fritztown:
- Berks County (The home county of Fritztown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Tallowyck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Phoebe Berks Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wernersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sinking Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Mohnton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- West Lawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyomissing
- Whitfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Shillington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robesonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alleghenyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Elverson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Dampman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Honey Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Cupola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Isabella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Loag
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Birdell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Rockville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Compass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Knauertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Knauertown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown
- Coventryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coventryville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Bachmanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Grantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hershey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Blainsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Denver
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Stevens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cocalico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Terre Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ephrata
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hinkletown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Weaverland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
- Akron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Hopeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Newmanstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Sheridan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schaefferstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Myerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Prescott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Avon Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Greble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Avon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Cornwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Miners Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- New Smithville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
- Hynemansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville
- Stines Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Weisenberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg
- Alburtis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hensingersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Seipstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seipstown is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown
- Wallner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner
- Ancient Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks
- Macungie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powder Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Bramcote
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Halfway House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gilbertsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Congo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- New Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sanatoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville
- Pleasant Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Anise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Anise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Port Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Summit Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Aucheys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Jefferson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Moyers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Lake Wynonah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Deer Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Landingville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Schuylkill Haven
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Friedensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Cressona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- East Prospect
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Wrightsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fritztown, see our County-by-County Page for Fritztown.
Cemeteries Near Fritztown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fritztown.
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 Fritztown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fritztown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
- The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blainsport Cemetery
- Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <2>
- Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wyomissing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weidman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sinking Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mohnsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith United Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44832 <2>
- Allegheny Union Cemetery (Old)
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Allegheny Union Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Fritztown had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fritztown, with the one closest to Fritztown listed first.
- Vinemont
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vinemont is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemont
- Wernersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blainsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Adamstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Gouglersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gouglersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouglersville
- Sinking Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Swartzville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Swartzville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartzville
- Cacoosing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cacoosing is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacoosing
- Denver
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Knauers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Knauers is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauers
- Shillington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robesonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Schoeneck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schoeneck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoeneck
- Reamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Angelica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fritztown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fritztown.
Newspapers Published in Fritztown ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fritztown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fritztown, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fritztown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fritztown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Berks County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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 Fritztown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fritztown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |