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 Grand Oak Run (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 Grand Oak Run. 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.
Grand Oak Run 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 Grand Oak Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand Oak Run:
Chester County (The home county of Grand Oak Run)
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
West Goshen (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Goshen is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Goshen Fern Hill (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Fern Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill Suburban Village (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Suburban Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Village Caswallen (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Caswallen is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caswallen Malvern (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Exton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ship Road (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ship Road is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ship Road Coventry Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Coventry Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Village Green Lane Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Green Lane Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane Village West Chester (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bacton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bacton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacton Duffryn Mawr (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Allegheny County
Overbrook (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Bally (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Geigertown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Joanna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Morgantown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Ironstone (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Amity Gardens (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Monocacy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy New Morgan (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Colebrookdale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Birdsboro (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Argus (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Chalfont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Derstines (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Fairhill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Sellersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Silverdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Heights is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Heights Warminster Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Warrington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Castle Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Castle Valley is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley County Line (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Hartsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Hartsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Edgemont (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Glen Mills (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Chester Heights (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Lima (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Green Countrie Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Marple (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Elwyn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Elwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwyn Glen Riddle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Rockdale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Broomall (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Aston Mills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Chelsea (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Indiana County
Ernest (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Churchtown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Beartown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Christiana (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Meadville (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown East Earl (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Smyrna (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Kinzers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Ninepoints (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Blue Ball (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Weaverland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Port Providence (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Colonial Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Audubon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
King - of - Prussia (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Mingo (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Brandywine Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Brandywine Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Village Gulph Mills Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Gulph Mills Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph Mills Village Rampart Ridge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge Bryn Mawr (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Forge Spring Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Forge Spring Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Spring Village Gulph Mills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Jeffersonville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Jeffersonville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Roxborough (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Bartram Village (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Manayunk (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Chestnut Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Upsal (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Allen Lane (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Germantown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Southwest Center City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City University City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Philadelphia (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Somerville ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Centreville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Talleyville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Arden (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Montchanin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Rockland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Analine Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Carpenter (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter White Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Appleton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Barksdale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Fair Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Old Line Village of Fair Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Andora (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Bank ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Blake (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Elk Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Iron Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Iron Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill West Creek Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
West Creek Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Creek Village Winding Brook Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Winding Brook Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Brook Village Cherry Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Burlington County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Riverton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Cinnaminson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Maple Shade (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Camden (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Ablett Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Brooklawn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Gloucester City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Morgan Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Wood - Lynne (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Pennsauken (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Delair (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Westmont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Cherry Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Colwick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Glendora (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Glendora is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Bridgeport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Gibbstown (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Beckett (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Red Bank (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Mickleton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Thorofare (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Parkville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville North Woodbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Mantua (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Woodbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Centre City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Centre City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Carneys Point (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Auburn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Pennsville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Pointers (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Portertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Acton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Penton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Salem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Riddleton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton Whig Lane (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand Oak Run, see our County-by-County Page for Grand Oak Run .
Cemeteries Near Grand Oak Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand Oak Run.
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 Grand Oak Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand Oak Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Bible Baptist Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Rolling Green Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Goshen Bible Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex To give a relative sense of its location, the Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex has also been known as:
Chestnut Grove Annex Cemetery Oaklands Cemetery Annex Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44579 <2>
St. Agnes Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Agnes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45960 <2>
Oakland Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Oakland Friends Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Friends Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Friends Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . The Oakland Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
Oakland Friends Burial Ground West Chester Orthodox Friends Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2150516 <2>
Chestnut Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Green Mount Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Immaculata Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Oaklands Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklands Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Oaklands Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of West Chester . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45667 <2>
Hicksite Friends Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (433 more) ...
Paoli Memorial Grounds (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Haym Salomon Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Grand Oak Run in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grand Oak Run.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grand Oak Run, with the one closest to Grand Oak Run listed first.
Fern Hill (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Fern Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill Goshenville (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Goshenville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshenville Green Hill (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Green Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Milltown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Milltown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown Glenloch (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Glenloch is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenloch Frazer (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Kirkland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Kirkland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland West Chester (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Swedesford Road (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Swedesford Road is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesford Road Sugartown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Sugartown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartown Malvern (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Ship Road (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Ship Road is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ship Road Continue List (18 more) ...
Exton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Bacton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bacton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacton Westtown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Westtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westtown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand Oak Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Oak Run .
Newspapers Published in Grand Oak Run ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Oak Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand Oak Run, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Grand Oak Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Grand Oak Run:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil County Burlington County Camden County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grand Oak Run. 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 Grand Oak Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Grand Oak Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.