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 Klinesville (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 Klinesville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Klinesville is located in Berks County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Klinesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Klinesville:
Berks County (The home county of Klinesville)
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Lenhartsville (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Krumsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Grimville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Stony Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Stony Run is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run Windsor Castle (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Windsor Castle is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle Quaker City (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Quaker City is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City Moselem (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Moselem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Eagle Point (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Eagle Point is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Kutztown (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Ededburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Ededburg is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg Hamburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Hinterleiter (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hinterleiter is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinterleiter Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Steinsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Zionhill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Hilltop (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Milford Square (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Shelly (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Passer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Trumbauersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Quakertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Richlandtown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Argus (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Pullen (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pullen is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullen Rich Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Germans (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans New Mahoning (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Ashfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Lansford (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Kittatinny (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Hazard (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Weissport (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Lehighton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Nesquehoning (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Bowmanstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Parryville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Pottstown Landing (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Kenilworth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Fricks Lock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Knauertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Bucktown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Elverson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Pughtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Parker Ford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Slonaker (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Columbia County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Centralia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Aristes (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Aristes is located in Columbia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes Locustdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Blainsport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Cocalico (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Denver (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Red Run (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Stevens (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Terre Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Newmanstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Richland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Myerstown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Greble (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Greble is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble Mount Zion (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion Prescott (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Prescott is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Schaefferstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Stines Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner New Smithville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Jacksonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Hynemansville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Weisenberg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Seipstown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Wallner ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Lochland (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Lochland is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland Weidasville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Weidasville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidasville Alburtis (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Ancient Oaks (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Chapman (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Luzerne County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Harwood (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Harwood is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood Newtown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Newtown is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown Hazleton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
West Hazleton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
Ebervale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Ebervale is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale Eckley ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Eckley is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley Eckley has also been known as:
Eckley Miners Village Harleigh (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Jeddo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Jeddo is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
Tomhicken (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken Conyngham (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Freeland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Highlands (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Highlands is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands Monroe County
Kresgeville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Palm (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Congo (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo East Greenville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Gilbertsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Pennsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run West Pottsgrove (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Halfway House (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House New Hanover (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Anise (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Lockport (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Walnutport (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville North Catasauqua (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Cherryville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Kreidersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Weaversville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Danielsville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Arndts (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Arndts is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Port Clinton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Rauschs (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Mantz (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz New Ringgold (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Deer Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Andreas (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Auburn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Jefferson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Landingville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Orwigsburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Klinesville, see our County-by-County Page for Klinesville .
Cemeteries Near Klinesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Klinesville.
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 Klinesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Klinesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Friedens Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lenhartsville . The Friedens Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Friedens Church Cemetery Friedens Reformed UCC Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976374 <2>
New Jerusalem Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Friedens Lutheran Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Lutheran Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stony Run . The Friedens Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #335558 <2>
Zion Moselem Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
New Bethel Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Beckers St. Peters Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
St. Peters Reformed Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Fairview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hope Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Continue List (325 more) ...
Greenwood Catholic Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
St. Johns Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Zion Church Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Klinesville had a population of 119 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Klinesville, with the one closest to Klinesville listed first.
Lenhartsville (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Albany (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Albany is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Krumsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Krumsville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville Greenawald (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Greenawald is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenawald Virginville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Grimville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Grimville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville Stony Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Stony Run is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run Kempton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Trexler (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Trexler is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trexler Windsor Castle (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Windsor Castle is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle Moselem (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Moselem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselem Steinsville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Steinsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsville Continue List (21 more) ...
Kutztown (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Eagle Point (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Eagle Point is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Stines Corner (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Klinesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Klinesville .
Newspapers Published in Klinesville ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Klinesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Klinesville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Klinesville.
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 Klinesville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Columbia County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Luzerne County Monroe County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Klinesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Klinesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Klinesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.