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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 Hamlin (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 Hamlin. 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 and hospitals 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.

Hamlin is located in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.

Below are the counties that are near Hamlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamlin:

  • Lebanon County     (The home county of Hamlin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Greble
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Greble is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
    • Fredericksburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mount Zion
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Jonestown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
    • Prescott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Prescott is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Myerstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bunker Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
    • Sand Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sand Hill is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Avon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Avon is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Heilmandale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Heilmandale is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilmandale
    • Inwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Inwood is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Meckville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Meckville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
    • Bethel
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Aetna
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rehrersburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
    • Wintersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Schubert
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Schubert is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
    • New Schaefferstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
    • Strausstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Womelsdorf
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bernville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • North Heidelberg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
    • Robesonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Locustdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Centralia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Aristes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Aristes is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
    • Numidia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Numidia is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
    • Newlin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Newlin is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Lemoyne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • New Cumberland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • West Fairview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
    • Wormleysburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dauphin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Grantville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Williamstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dayton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dayton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Shellsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
    • Lykens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Bachmanville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
    • Hershey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Skyline View
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
    • Union Deposit
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
    • Manadahill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
    • Carsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Carsonville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
    • Erdman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Erdman is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Cocalico
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
    • Brickerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hope
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Poplar Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Hopeland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
    • Elm
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Elm is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
    • Elstonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
    • Clay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Clay is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Blainsport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
    • Brunnerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Mastersonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
    • Denver
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Denver is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
  • Luzerne County
    • Newtown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Gowen City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
    • Locust Gap
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
    • Leck Kill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill
    • Alaska
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Alaska is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
    • Dooleyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
    • Marshallton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
    • Mount Carmel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bear Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
    • Natalie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Natalie is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
    • Edgewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Shamokin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamokin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamokin <1>
    • Bear Gap
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
  • Perry County
    • Marysville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Marstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
    • Irving
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Irving is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
    • Pine Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Beuchler
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
    • Suedberg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
    • Paradise
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Ravine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
    • Lorberry Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
    • Moyers
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
    • Echo Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
    • East Franklin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • East Franklin is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Franklin
    • Friedensburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
    • Goldsboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Goldsboro is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • Marsh Run
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Marsh Run is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
    • New Market
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • New Market is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
    • Redland Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Redland Village is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
    • Valley Green
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Green is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
    • York Haven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wrightsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hamlin, see our County-by-County Page for Hamlin.

Cemeteries Near Hamlin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamlin.

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 Hamlin - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hamlin had a population of 173 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.

  • Meckville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Meckville is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
  • Greble
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Greble is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
  • Crosskill Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Crosskill Mills is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosskill Mills
  • Fredericksburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mount Zion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
  • Mount Aetna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jonestown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bunker Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
  • Exmoor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Exmoor is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exmoor
  • Prescott
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Prescott is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
  • Myerstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Wintersville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Rehrersburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
    • Irving
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Irving is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hamlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamlin.

Newspapers Published in Hamlin ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamlin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamlin, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hamlin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Hamlin:

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 Hamlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hamlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.