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 Half Falls (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 Half Falls. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Half Falls 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 Half Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Half Falls:
Perry County (The home county of Half Falls)
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
New Buffalo (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Liverpool (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Bailey (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Duncannon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Pfoutz Valley (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Reward (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Cove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Cove is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Perdix (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Perdix is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix Rose Glen (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen Newport (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Marysville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Millerstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Mecks Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Allegheny County
Bloomfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Berks County
Meckville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Meckville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Westwood Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Enola (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
West Fairview (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Good Hope (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Wormleysburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Camp Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lemoyne (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Lower Allen (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen New Cumberland (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
New Kingstown (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Shiremanstown (18 miles [29 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
Mechanicsburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Halifax (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Fisherville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Millersburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Enders (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Enterline (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Rife (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Paxton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Stone Glen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Elizabethville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Dauphin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Carsonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Carsonville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville Berrysburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Fort Hunter (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Seven Stars (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Knousetown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Richfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Thompsontown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Locust Run (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Swales (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales McAlisterville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Mexico (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Mifflintown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Old Port (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Mifflin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
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 Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Aberdeen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Falmouth (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Falmouth is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Elizabethtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Fort Indiantown Gap (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap Green Point (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Green Point is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point Gold Mine (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine Syner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Syner is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner Inwood (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Inwood is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Murray (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Murray is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Palmyra (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Lickdale (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Lickdale is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale Campbelltown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Bunker Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Jonestown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Annville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Heilmandale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilmandale Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Paintersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Alfarata (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Malta (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Asherton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Asherton is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton Selinsgrove Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction Leck Kill (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill Mile Run (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Mile Run is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run Augustaville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Augustaville is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville Trevorton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth Sunbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Bear Valley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Edgewood (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Edgewood is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Klingerstown (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Rough and Ready (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready Orwin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Orwin is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin Tower City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Valley View (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Suedberg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg Keffers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Keffers is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers Hegins (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Beuchler (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler Irving (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Irving is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Joliett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Joliett is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliett Pitman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Fountain (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Fountain is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Hoffer (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McKees Half Falls (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Aline (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Chapman (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Chapman is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Pallas (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Port Trevorton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Shadle (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Mount Pleasant Mills (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Dundore (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Dundore is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore Freeburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Freeburg is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
Coon Hunter (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter Paxtonville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville Beavertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Dry Valley Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
New Berlin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Millmont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Glen Iron (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Glen Iron is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron Hartleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hartleton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
Mifflinburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Laurelton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Laurelton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton Pardee (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Pardee is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee York County
The following are listed by their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
New Market (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Marsh Run (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Andersontown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Nauvoo (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Redland Village (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village Siddonsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Lewisberry (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Valley Green (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Valley Green is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green Quaker Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Quaker Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village Goldsboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Goldsboro is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
Dillsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Erney (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Erney is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Half Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Half Falls .
Cemeteries Near Half Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Half Falls.
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 Half Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Half Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Oak Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Fairview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Enders . The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
Enders Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993036 <2>
Duncannon Presbyterian Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Evergreen Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Zion Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Union Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Rickard Memorial Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
St. Matthew Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthew Cemetery The St. Matthew Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery Highland Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Barner's Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Maple Grove Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Reward UMC Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (196 more) ...
Mitchell Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Sitterley Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Half Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Half Falls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Half Falls, with the one closest to Half Falls listed first.
Halifax (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Montgomery Ferry (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Montgomery Ferry is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Ferry New Buffalo (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Fisherville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Mount Patrick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Mount Patrick is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Patrick Losh Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Losh Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losh Run Millersburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Waynesville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Waynesville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville Enterline (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Enders (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Rife (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Killinger (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Killinger is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killinger Continue List (13 more) ...
Acker (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Acker is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker Benvenue (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Benvenue is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benvenue Liverpool (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Half Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Half Falls .
Newspapers Published in Half Falls ...
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 180 newspapers that have been published in the area around Half Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Half Falls, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Half Falls.
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 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 Half Falls:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Lancaster County Lebanon County Mifflin County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Half Falls. 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 '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- Half Falls) 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 Half Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.