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 Henningsville (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 Henningsville. 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 doctors 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.
Henningsville is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Henningsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Henningsville:
Berks County (The home county of Henningsville)
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Rittenhouse Gap (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Rittenhouse Gap is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Gap Hancock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hancock is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Topton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Landis Store (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Landis Store is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store Sally Ann ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Sally Ann is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sally Ann Red Lion (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Red Lion is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Huffs Church (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Hinterleiter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Hinterleiter is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinterleiter Dale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Dryville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Dryville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryville Lyon Station (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Lyon Station is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Station Lobachsville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Lobachsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobachsville Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Steinsburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Milford Square (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Zionhill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Hilltop (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Trumbauersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Argus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Quakertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Passer (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Rich Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Richlandtown (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Pullen (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Pullen is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullen Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Germans (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Hazard (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Kittatinny (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Bowmanstown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
New Mahoning (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Palmerton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Palmerton is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
Mertz Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Parryville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Weissport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Lehighton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Little Gap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Little Gap is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Pottstown Landing (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Fricks Lock (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Parker Ford (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Bucktown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Knauertown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Pughtown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Slonaker (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Spring City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Seven Stars (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Blainsport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Churchtown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Denver (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Red Run (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Terre Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Stevens (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Newmanstown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Sheridan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Alburtis (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Macungie (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Powder Valley (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Wallner ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Ancient Oaks (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Zionsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
New Smithville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Seipstown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Dillingerville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Chapman (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Palm (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Fruitville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Congo (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo East Greenville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Gilbertsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Pennsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Red Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House New Hanover (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Anise (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Hoppenville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Hoppenville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppenville Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
North Catasauqua (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Leithsville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Lockport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Bethlehem (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Hellertown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Kreidersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Weaversville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Andreas (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Mantz (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Port Clinton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Deer Lake (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
New Ringgold (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Auburn (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Landingville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Jefferson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Orwigsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hunterdon County (NJ)
Hughesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Hughesville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville Warren County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Phillipsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Phillipsburg is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
Warren Glen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Warren Glen is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Glen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Henningsville, see our County-by-County Page for Henningsville .
Cemeteries Near Henningsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henningsville.
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 Henningsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Henningsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Huff Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Huff Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Huffs Church The Huff Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Huff Union Church Cemetery Huff's Evangelical Church Cemetery Huff's Union Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45157 <2>
Longswamp Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
St. Pauls Union Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Rauch Hertzog Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Topton Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topton Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Topton Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Topton . The Topton Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Topton Cemetery Union Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992380 <2>
Christ DeLong UCC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Union Cemetery of Bowers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery of Bowers The Union Cemetery of Bowers has also been known as:
Bowers Cemetery Christ DeLong's Cemetery Mountain Marys Grave (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Weller Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
St. Pauls Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Hill Church Union Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (377 more) ...
Zion Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
St. Peters Union Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lehigh Zion Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh Zion Cemetery The Lehigh Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
Zion Lehigh Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973095 <2>
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 Henningsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Henningsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Henningsville, with the one closest to Henningsville listed first.
Fredericksville (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Fredericksville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksville Hancock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hancock is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Landis Store (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Landis Store is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store Rittenhouse Gap (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Rittenhouse Gap is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Gap Topton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Shamrock Station (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Shamrock Station is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Station Longswamp (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Longswamp is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longswamp Mertztown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Huffs Church (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Seisholtzville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Seisholtzville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seisholtzville Red Lion (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Red Lion is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion New Jerusalem (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
New Jerusalem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jerusalem Continue List (13 more) ...
Dale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Harlem (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Harlem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Alburtis (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Henningsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Henningsville .
Newspapers Published in Henningsville ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henningsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Henningsville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Henningsville.
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 professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Henningsville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Hunterdon County Warren County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Henningsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
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 Henningsville, 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- Henningsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.