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 Kingtown (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 Kingtown. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Kingtown is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry & York.
Below are the counties that are near Kingtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingtown:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Kingtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- New Kingstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Roxbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Trindle Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Middlesex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Mechanicsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sporting Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Good Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Schlusser
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Shiremanstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allenview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Camp Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Latimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Gargol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- York Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Idaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Lake Meade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Gardners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aspers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Bendersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Berlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Guernsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Guernsey is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Plainview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Plainview is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillside Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Dauphin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Lucknow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- Edgemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Paxtang
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Penbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Steelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Progress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Bloomburg Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village
- Colonial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Colonial Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Park
- Lawnton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Mowersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Orrstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Thompsontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Seven Stars
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Mexico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Old Port
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knousetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Doyles Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Mifflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McAlisterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McCullochs Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- East Rutherford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Falmouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Aberdeen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Rheems
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Maytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Florin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Marietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Campbelltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Syner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Lawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Colebrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Annville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fontana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Northumberland County
- Malta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Mecks Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Marysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perdix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Falling Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Duncannon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Alinda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Landisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Elliottsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- Bailey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Aline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Aline is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
- Hoffer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hoffer is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer
- McKees Half Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Siddonsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg
- Andersontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Dillsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Market
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Nauvoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Mount Top
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- Lewisberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marsh Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Redland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Rossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Wellsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingtown, see our County-by-County Page for Kingtown.
Cemeteries Near Kingtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingtown.
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 Kingtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- Longsdorf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- War of 1812 Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Letort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letort Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Letort Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Carlisle.
- The Letort Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kutz Cemetery
- Kutz's Cemetery
- Letort UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1965543 <2>
- Cumberland County Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bakers Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ashland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westminister Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lantz Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Kingtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kingtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingtown, with the one closest to Kingtown listed first.
- New Kingstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dillsburg Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dillsburg Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillsburg Junction
- Hogestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hogestown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogestown
- Trindle Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Wertzville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wertzville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertzville
- Middlesex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Mechanicsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Carlisle Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Springs
- Carlisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leidighs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Leidighs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leidighs
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brandtsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brandtsville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandtsville
- Williams Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williams Grove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
- Shiremanstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingtown.
Newspapers Published in Kingtown ...
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 188 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingtown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Kingtown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Dauphin County
- Franklin County
- Juniata County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Northumberland County
- Perry 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 Kingtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |