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 Georgetown (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 Georgetown. 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.
Georgetown is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Georgetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Georgetown:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Georgetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Smyrna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Ninepoints
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints
- Christiana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kinzers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buyerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown
- Leaman Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place
- Paradise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Quarryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Soudersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Soudersburg is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudersburg
- New Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Morgantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kenneys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kenneys is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys
- New Morgan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Morgan is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Joanna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Joanna is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna
- Adamstown
(21 miles [33.8 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>
- Alleghenyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Plowville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plowville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville
- Beckersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- Geigertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Geigertown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown
- Angelica
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Scarlets Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill
- Freemanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Freemanville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemanville
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Atglen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lenover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Parkesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Compass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Mount Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Pomeroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sadsburyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stottsville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stottsville
- Tweedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tweedale is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale
- Glen Roy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glen Roy is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Daleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daleville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Johnstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Stricklerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Schaefferstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Miners Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Newmanstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Cornwall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Mount Gretna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quentin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Bramcote
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Pottsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Slab
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Castle Fin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Slate Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Goram
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Airville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kyleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Bryansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bryansville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Delta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna Trails
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna Trails is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails
- Bruce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- New Bridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Craley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Southwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Hockessin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Star is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star
- Vintage Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
- York Towne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne
- Yorklyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Mendenhall Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village
- Newark
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek
- Centreville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cokesbury Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Village
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Mason Dixon Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Rock Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Sylmar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Rising Sun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Calvert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Oakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Blake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Colora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Conowingo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blue Ball Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village
- Old Line Village of Fair Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Conowingo Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Darlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cambria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stafford is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Dublin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Poole
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poole is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
- Pylesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Lapidum
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum
- Scarboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Garland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Montgomery County (MD)
- High Point Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Georgetown, see our County-by-County Page for Georgetown.
Cemeteries Near Georgetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Georgetown.
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 Georgetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Georgetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Wateland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Providence Church of God Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gordonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gordonville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Gordonville.
- The Gordonville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amish Cemetery
- Kauffman's Cemetery
- Weaver Family Cemetery
- Zook's Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259098 <2>
- Glen Run Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beiler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Siegrist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Myers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- Oxford Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Georgetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Georgetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Georgetown, with the one closest to Georgetown listed first.
- Ninepoints
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints
- Smyrna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Bartville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bartville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartville
- Iva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iva is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Bellemont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bellemont is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Collins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Christiana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kinzers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vintage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vintage is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage
- Camargo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Quarryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kirkwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kirkwood is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Leaman Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leaman Place is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaman Place
- Paradise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Georgetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Georgetown.
Newspapers Published in Georgetown ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Georgetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Georgetown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Georgetown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Georgetown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Lebanon County
- Montgomery County
- York County
- New Castle County
- Cecil County
- Harford County
- Montgomery 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> | 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- Georgetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Georgetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |