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 Grantham (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 Grantham. 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.
Grantham is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry & York.
Below are the counties that are near Grantham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grantham:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Grantham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Allenview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trindle Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Lisburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Roxbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Sporting Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Shiremanstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Lower Allen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- New Kingstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Good Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Camp Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Latimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Lake Meade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- York Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Idaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- East Berlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gardners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Heidlersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Aspers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bendersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Newchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Steelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highspire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edgemont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paxtang
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Penbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Lawnton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Progress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Fort Hunter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Bloomburg Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village
- Colonial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Park
- Lucknow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- Franklin County
- Caledonia Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Falmouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Aberdeen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Elizabethtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Maytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rheems
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Marietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Florin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Mount Joy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Ironville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Campbelltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Syner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Colebrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Fontana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Mount Gretna Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Annville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Quentin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cleona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Marysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Perdix
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Duncannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Falling Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Mecks Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- New Buffalo
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Alinda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Landisburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Elliottsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Siddonsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg
- Andersontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Dillsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nauvoo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Mount Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- Lewisberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- New Market
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Alpine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Franklintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Franklintown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklintown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grantham, see our County-by-County Page for Grantham.
Cemeteries Near Grantham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grantham.
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 Grantham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grantham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lantz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dillsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bakers Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- War of 1812 Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roof Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Green Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Longsdorf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Grantham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grantham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grantham, with the one closest to Grantham listed first.
- Siddonsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg
- Nantilly
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nantilly is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantilly
- Bowmansdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bowmansdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmansdale
- Williams Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Williams Grove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
- Brandtsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brandtsville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandtsville
- Dillsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trindle Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Andersontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Rossmoyne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rossmoyne is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoyne
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dillsburg Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dillsburg Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillsburg Junction
- Lisburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Shiremanstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Leidighs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leidighs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leidighs
- Hogestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hogestown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogestown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grantham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grantham.
Newspapers Published in Grantham ...
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 186 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grantham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grantham, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grantham.
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 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 Grantham:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Dauphin County
- Franklin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Perry County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grantham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Grantham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |