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 Hummelstown (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 Hummelstown. 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.
Name Variations for Hummelstown ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Hummels Town.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Hummelstown is located in Dauphin 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 Dauphin County: Cumberland, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill & York.
Below are the counties that are near Hummelstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hummelstown:
- Dauphin County (The home county of Hummelstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Union Deposit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Clifton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hershey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Springford Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
- Rutherford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Marene Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marene Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marene Village
- Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lawnton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Skyline View
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Colonial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Park
- Paxtonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paxtonia is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonia
- Royalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Highspire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- East Berlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Latimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- York Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Meckville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Mount Aetna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Womelsdorf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Robesonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Schubert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schubert is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Lemoyne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Cumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- West Fairview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Wormleysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Camp Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Enola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lisburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Westwood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Shiremanstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Sporting Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Allenview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Good Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Aberdeen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Falmouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Rheems
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Mastersonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Florin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Maytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elstonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Mount Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Joy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Campbelltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Syner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Lawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Colebrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Fontana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Annville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Mount Gretna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Cleona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Westmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Westmont is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Malta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Mandata
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mandata is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Marysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Duncannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Rose Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Bailey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Mecks Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Liverpool
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Falling Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Suedberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Orwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Tower City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Irving
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Beuchler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Marstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Pine Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Klingerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Joliett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Joliett is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliett
- Keffers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keffers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers
- Lorberry Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
- Paradise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- McKees Half Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls
- Chapman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chapman is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Hoffer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hoffer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Marsh Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Goldsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Redland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Valley Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- New Market
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- York Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Quaker Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Lewisberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nauvoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Strinestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Strinestown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
- Erney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- Manchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hummelstown, see our County-by-County Page for Hummelstown.
Cemeteries Near Hummelstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hummelstown.
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 Hummelstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hummelstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Middletown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hershey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shoops Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- William Howard Day Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Howard Day Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the William Howard Day Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harrisburg.
- The William Howard Day Cemetery has also been known as:
- Day Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44666 <2>
- Midland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Koons Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shoops Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beth El Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Hummelstown had a population of 1,486 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hummelstown had a population of 4,814 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hummelstown, with the one closest to Hummelstown listed first.
- Clifton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Waltonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waltonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltonville
- Union Deposit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Rutherford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Middletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oberlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oberlin is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
- Highspire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deodate
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deodate is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deodate
- Steelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Campbelltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Manadahill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Linglestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Progress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Paxtang
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hummelstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hummelstown.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hummelstown ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hummelstown.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hummelstown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hummelstown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hummelstown.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> of Hummelstown.
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 Hummelstown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Dauphin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Berks County
- Cumberland County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- Snyder County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hummelstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hummelstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |