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 Hickory Hill (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 Hickory Hill. 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 and 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.
Hickory Hill 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 Hickory Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Hill:
Chester County (The home county of Hickory Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Oxford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Barnsley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Barnsley is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley Chrome (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Chrome is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Elkview (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Kemblesville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Jennersville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville Hopewell (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Hopewell is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Strickersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Strickersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville Tweedale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Tweedale is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweedale Glen Roy (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Glen Roy is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy West Grove (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Mount Vernon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Mount Vernon is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon Avondale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Morgantown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Joanna (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Kenneys (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys New Morgan (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Zebleys Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Chelsea (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Creekside Village at Naamans (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Garnet Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Glen Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Aston Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Boothwyn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Linwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Glen Riddle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Marcus Hook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rockdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Village Green - Green Ridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Summerhill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Oak Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Kirks Mills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills Little Britain (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Little Britain is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain Ninepoints (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Christiana (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Mechanic Grove (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove Smyrna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna McSparran (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
McSparran is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSparran Quarryville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Furniss (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Furniss is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss Gap (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Benton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Benton is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton York County
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Slate Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Castle Fin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Delta (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Bryansville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Slab (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Susquehanna Trails (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Kyleville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville Airville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Goram (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Goram is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram Bruce (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Bruce is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Fawn Grove (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
New Freedom (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Stewartstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
North Star (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Southwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood York Towne (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne Newark (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Newark is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <1>
English Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
English Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village Pike Creek (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek The Village of Drummond Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Vintage Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Windy Hills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Windy Hills is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills Brookside (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Brookside is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Wilson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Wilson is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Hockessin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Blake (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Old Line Village of Fair Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Blue Ball Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Fair Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Calvert (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Andora (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Zion (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Zion is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Appleton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Cherry Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Sylmar (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar Childs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Childs is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Barksdale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Elk Mills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Conowingo Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Lapidum (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Stafford ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Stafford is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Darlington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Havre de Grace (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Garland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Garland is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Webster Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village Glenville (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Glenville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Hopewell Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village Level (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Level is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Poole (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Poole is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Dublin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Dublin is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Aberdeen (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Kent County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Georgetown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Gregg Neck (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck Sassafras (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Betterton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Dogwood Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village Galena (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Coleman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Coleman is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Locust Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Locust Grove is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Still Pond (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Still Pond is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Pond Kennedyville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lambson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lambson is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson Massey (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Montgomery County (MD)
High Point Estates (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Beckett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Bridgeport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Pennsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Carneys Point (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pointers (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Salem (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Acton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Auburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Penton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Hancocks Bridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge Quinton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Hill .
Cemeteries Near Hickory Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Hill.
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 Hickory Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Little Elk Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Moores Chapel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Elkridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Sharpes Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpes Cemetery The Sharpes Cemetery has also been known as:
Sharpes Graveyard Sharp's Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81629 <2>
St. Johns Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Rosebank Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Episcopalian Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
St. John's Episcopal Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hosanna Meeting House Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Oxford Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (276 more) ...
Trinity Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Zion Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Griffith Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hickory Hill had a population of 113 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Hill, with the one closest to Hickory Hill listed first.
Elk Mills (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Elk Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills Lombard (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Lombard is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Chrome (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Chrome is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Lewisville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Lewisville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville New London (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
New London is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London Oxford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Barnsley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Barnsley is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley Calvert (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Fair Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Kelton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Kelton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton Elkview (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Zion (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Zion is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Continue List (15 more) ...
Pleasant Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Pleasant Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Kemblesville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Jennersville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Hill .
Newspapers Published in Hickory Hill ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Hill, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Hill.
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 Hickory Hill:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County Delaware County Lancaster County York County New Castle County Cecil County Harford County Kent County Montgomery County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hickory Hill. 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 Hickory Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hickory Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.