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 Kenilworth (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 Kenilworth. 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 hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Kenilworth 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 Kenilworth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kenilworth:
Chester County (The home county of Kenilworth)
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
South Pottstown (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Pottstown Landing (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing Fricks Lock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Slonaker (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Parker Ford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Bucktown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Pughtown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Sheeder (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder Seven Stars (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Spring City (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Coventryville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Knauertown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Nantmeal Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Allegheny County
Overbrook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Ironstone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Colebrookdale (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Boyertown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Indian Springs Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Amity Gardens (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Bally (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Monocacy (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Yellow House (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Yellow House is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Bechtelsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Birdsboro (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Eshbach (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Eshbach is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshbach Griesemersville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Geigertown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Argus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Derstines (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Milford Square (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Trumbauersville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Fairhill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Rich Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Sellersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Steinsburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Perkasie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Silverdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Quakertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Shelly (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Saint Davids (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Radnor Station (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Radnor (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Wayne (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Green Countrie Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Glen Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Allgates (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Broomall (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Marple (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Indiana County
Ernest (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Churchtown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Beartown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Meadville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville East Earl (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Terre Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Blue Ball (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Red Run (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Weaverland (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland New Holland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Reamstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Blainsport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Denver (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Hosensack (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Hensingersville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Old Zionsville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Dillingerville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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 Alburtis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Macungie (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Limeport (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Limeport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeport Emmaus (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Wallner ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Coopersburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Pottstown (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Pottsgrove (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Sanatoga (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Stowe (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Halfway House (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House West Pottsgrove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Bramcote (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Fagleysville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville Limerick (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
New Hanover (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Royersford (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Neiffer (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Neiffer is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neiffer Gilbertsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Leithsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Hellertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village North Catasauqua (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Bethlehem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Wassergass (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Wassergass is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassergass Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Highland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Roxborough (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Chestnut Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Manayunk (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Allen Lane (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Upsal (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Branchtown ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Germantown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Milestown ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Milestown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown Pittville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Somerville ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Wayne Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Centreville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Ashland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Carpenter (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Talleyville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Whites Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Winterthur (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Yorklyn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Analine Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Arden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Hockessin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kenilworth, see our County-by-County Page for Kenilworth .
Cemeteries Near Kenilworth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kenilworth.
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 Kenilworth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kenilworth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Mt. Zion Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pottstown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Old St. Aloysius Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
St. Aloysius Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Edgewood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Hanawas Sachem Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
St. Johns Greek Catholic Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Ellis Woods Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Highland Memorial Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Oak Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Brower Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Aloysius Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (434 more) ...
Holy Trinity Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Congregation Mercy & Truth Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Brownback UCC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownback UCC Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownback UCC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> Bucktown . The Brownback UCC Cemetery has also been known as:
Brownback Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2156995 <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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kenilworth had a population of 849 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kenilworth, with the one closest to Kenilworth listed first.
Pottstown (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Fricks Lock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Sanatoga (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Stowe (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Cedarville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cedarville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville Slonaker (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Parker Ford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Linfield (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Bramcote (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Pughtown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Ironstone (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Fagleysville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville Continue List (19 more) ...
Colebrookdale (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Little Oley (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Little Oley is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oley Coventryville (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kenilworth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kenilworth .
Newspapers Published in Kenilworth ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kenilworth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kenilworth, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Kenilworth.
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 Kenilworth:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kenilworth. 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 . 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- Kenilworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kenilworth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.