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Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Leacock - Leola - Bareville during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Leacock - Leola - Bareville was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
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 Leacock - Leola - Bareville (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 Leacock - Leola - Bareville. 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.
Leacock - Leola - Bareville is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Leacock - Leola - Bareville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Leacock - Leola - Bareville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Bareville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bareville is located in Lancaster County
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- Monterey
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Lancaster County
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- Leacock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leacock is located in Lancaster County
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- Brownstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brownstown is located in Lancaster County
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- Mascot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mascot is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Bird-in-Hand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Smoketown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Witmer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Witmer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witmer
- Zooks Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Zooks Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zooks Corner
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ronks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hinkletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Gordonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Adamstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <2>
- Alleghenyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Morgantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Morgan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Morgan is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Plowville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plowville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville
- Tallowyck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Joanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Joanna is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna
- Phoebe Berks Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wernersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Angelica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Beckersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- Mohnton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freemanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Freemanville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemanville
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Cambridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Compass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Honey Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Atglen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Lenover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Dampman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Parkesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Cupola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Rockville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Sadsburyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Bachmanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Hummelstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Johnstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Schaefferstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Miners Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Burd Coleman Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Cornwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newmanstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Mount Gretna Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Quentin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
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- Mount Gretna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Bramcote
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- West Pottsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Stowe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pottstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- East Prospect
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Wrightsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Craley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Goram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- New Bridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Slab
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Airville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kyleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Bittersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
- Yorkana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Castle Fin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hallam is located in York County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Rock Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Mason Dixon Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Oakwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Sylmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Rising Sun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Calvert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Conowingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Colora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rowlandsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rowlandsville is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowlandsville
- Blake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Blue Ball Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village
- Old Line Village of Fair Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Cambria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pylesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Conowingo Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village
- Dublin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Street
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville, see our County-by-County Page for Leacock - Leola - Bareville.
Cemeteries Near Leacock - Leola - Bareville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leacock - Leola - Bareville.
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 Leacock - Leola - Bareville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leacock - Leola - Bareville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Myers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shirk Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Conestoga Old Order Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Metzler Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shirk - Kurtz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Siegrist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beiler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gordonville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Gordonville.
- The Gordonville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amish Cemetery
- Kauffman's Cemetery
- Weaver Family Cemetery
- Zook's Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259098 <3>
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Shaurai Shomayim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Leacock - Leola - Bareville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leacock - Leola - Bareville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leacock - Leola - Bareville, with the one closest to Leacock - Leola - Bareville listed first.
- Leacock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Leacock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leacock
- Bareville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bareville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bareville
- Mascot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mascot is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Groffdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Groffdale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groffdale
- Farmersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Farmersville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Witmer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Witmer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witmer
- Bird-in-Hand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vogansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vogansville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogansville
- Fairmount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Ronks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fertility
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fertility is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertility
- Soudersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Soudersburg is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudersburg
- Gordonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leacock - Leola - Bareville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leacock - Leola - Bareville.
Newspapers Published in Leacock - Leola - Bareville ...
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 161 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leacock - Leola - Bareville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leacock - Leola - Bareville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leacock - Leola - Bareville.
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 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 Leacock - Leola - Bareville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Montgomery County
- York County
- Cecil County
- Harford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Leacock - Leola - Bareville and then turned east". While Leacock - Leola - Bareville could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Leacock - Leola - Bareville as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Leacock - Leola - Bareville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Pennsylvania community named Leacock - Leola - Bareville. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Leacock - Leola - Bareville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Leacock - Leola - Bareville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |