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 Glenvale (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 Glenvale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Glenvale is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Glenvale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenvale:
Perry County (The home county of Glenvale)
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Cove (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Cove is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Perdix (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Perdix is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix Marysville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Duncannon (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Rose Glen (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen New Buffalo (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Mecks Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Bailey (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Blain (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Falling Spring (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Newport (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Alinda (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Elliottsburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Adams County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Latimore (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore York Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Lake Meade (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Lake Meade is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade Gargol (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Gargol is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol Gardners (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Idaville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Idaville is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville Aspers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
East Berlin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Hampton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Hampton is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Heidlersburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Heidlersburg is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg Bendersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Guernsey (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Guernsey is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Newchester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Newchester is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester Allegheny County
Bloomfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Good Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Westwood Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Enola (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
West Fairview (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Sporting Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Wormleysburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Mechanicsburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Shiremanstown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
Camp Hill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Lemoyne (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
New Kingstown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Lower Allen (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen New Cumberland (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Fort Hunter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Dauphin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lucknow (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Harrisburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Hillside Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village Edgemont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Penbrook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Penbrook is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
Bloomburg Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village Old Colonial Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Old Colonial Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Colonial Village Progress (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Progress is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress Paxtang (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Paxtang is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
Colonial Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Park Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Seven Stars (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Thompsontown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Knousetown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Mexico (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Old Port (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Richfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
McAlisterville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Swales (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales Mifflintown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Mifflin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Doyles Mills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Falmouth (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Falmouth is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Aberdeen (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Elizabethtown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Billmeyer ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer Rheems (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Rheems is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems Maytown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Milton Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove Mastersonville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville Florin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Florin is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin Marietta (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mount Joy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Palmyra (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Syner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Syner is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner Campbelltown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Fort Indiantown Gap (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap Annville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Lawn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Green Point (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Green Point is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point Colebrook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Colebrook is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook Fontana (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Fontana is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Bunker Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cleona (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Heilmandale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilmandale Gold Mine (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Malta (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Klingerstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Tower City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Orwin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Orwin is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
McKees Half Falls (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Aline (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Hoffer (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer Chapman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Chapman is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Pallas (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Shadle (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Mount Pleasant Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Port Trevorton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Dundore (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Dundore is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore Beavertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Freeburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Freeburg is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
Paxtonville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville McClure (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
New Market (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Andersontown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Siddonsburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Marsh Run (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Nauvoo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Redland Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village Dillsburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Lewisberry (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Valley Green (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Valley Green is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green Quaker Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Quaker Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village Erney (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Erney is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney Goldsboro (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Goldsboro is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glenvale, see our County-by-County Page for Glenvale .
Cemeteries Near Glenvale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenvale.
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 Glenvale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glenvale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Oak Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Sitterley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Highland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Perry Heights Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Enola Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola Cemetery The Enola Cemetery has also been known as:
Brick Church Cemetery Zion Evangelical Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2206443 <2>
Duncannon Presbyterian Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
War of 1812 Memorial Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Zion Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
St. Johns Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Continue List (198 more) ...
Poplar Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Harrisburg Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Longsdorf Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Glenvale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenvale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glenvale, with the one closest to Glenvale listed first.
Perdix (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Perdix is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix Cove (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Cove is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Keystone (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Keystone is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Wertzville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wertzville is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertzville Good Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Marysville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Enola (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fort Hunter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Dauphin (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hogestown (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Hogestown is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogestown Duncannon (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
West Fairview (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Continue List (17 more) ...
Lucknow (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Rockville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Rockville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Benvenue (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Benvenue is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benvenue
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glenvale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenvale .
Newspapers Published in Glenvale ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenvale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenvale, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Glenvale.
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 Glenvale:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Allegheny County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Lancaster County Lebanon County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenvale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.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 . 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- Glenvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Glenvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.