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 Girardville (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 Girardville. 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.
Girardville is located in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Girardville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Girardville:
- Schuylkill County (The home county of Girardville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Englewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Englewood is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Frackville Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frackville Junction
- Frackville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mahanoy Plane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mahanoy Plane is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahanoy Plane
- Lost Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Raven Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Fountain Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Springs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Altamont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Gilberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gilberton is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
- Maizeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maizeville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maizeville
- Ashland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Schubert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Strausstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shartlesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meckville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Ededburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Hamburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Rehrersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Berne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Berne is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- New Schaefferstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Centerport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Tresckow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Lansford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beaver Meadows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hudsondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- New Mahoning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Summit Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nesquehoning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Weatherly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mertz Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
- Germans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Germans is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
- Ashfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ashfield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Aristes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Centralia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Locustdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Numidia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Slabtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Shumans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Queen City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Mainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Catawissa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hetlerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Almedia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Gratz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lykens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Pillow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Berrysburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Gold Mine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Murray
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Fredericksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Inwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Inwood is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Green Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Lickdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lickdale is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale
- Jonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Myerstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lochland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Stines Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Newtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Mountain Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Tomhicken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Conyngham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Sybertsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Berwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Berwick is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berwick
- Nescopeck
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Hazleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- Beach Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Hazleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harleigh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mooresburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Washingtonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Dooleyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alaska
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Locust Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Natalie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Bear Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Gowen City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Marshallton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
- Kulpmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shamokin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Edgewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hummels Wharf
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dundore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Selinsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Girardville, see our County-by-County Page for Girardville.
Cemeteries Near Girardville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Girardville.
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 Girardville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Girardville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Christ Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hetherington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St.s Peter & Paul Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old St. Casmir's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (198 more) ...
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Peace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Welsh Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Girardville had a population of 3,584 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Girardville had a population of 1,434 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Girardville, with the one closest to Girardville listed first.
- Fountain Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Springs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Frackville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frackville Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frackville Junction
- Mahanoy Plane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mahanoy Plane is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahanoy Plane
- Lost Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Raven Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Ashland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gilberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gilberton is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
- Maizeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maizeville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maizeville
- Centralia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gordon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wetherill Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wetherill Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetherill Junction
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Shenandoah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilburton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wilburton is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburton
- Locustdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Girardville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Girardville.
Newspapers Published in Girardville ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Girardville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Girardville, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Girardville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Girardville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Schuylkill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Snyder 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 Girardville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Girardville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |