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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 Lees Cross Roads (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 Lees Cross Roads. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Lees Cross Roads ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lees Cross Roads: Lees Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Lees Cross Roads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lees Cross Roads may originally have been Lee's Cross Roads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lees Cross Roads might be written as Lee Cross Roads.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Lees Cross Roads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lees Cross Roads:

  • Cumberland County     (The home county of Lees Cross Roads)
  • Adams County
  • Allegheny County
    • Bloomfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.
    • Mowersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Orrstown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pinola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
      • Pinola is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pinola
      • From Lees Cross Roads to Pinola
    • Green Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Caledonia Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledonia Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
      • Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
    • Mount Union
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Union have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
      • Mount Union is located in Franklin County
    • Pleasant Hall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Roxbury
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Franklin County
    • Fayetteville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayetteville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
      • Fayetteville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayetteville <3>
    • West Fayetteville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fayetteville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fayetteville
      • West Fayetteville is located in Franklin County
    • Chambersburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.
    • Burnt Cabins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Fort Littleton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Littleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Littleton
      • Fort Littleton is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Littleton <3>
    • Knobsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Clear Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • McConnellsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McConnellsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsburg
      • McConnellsburg is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 999 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McConnellsburg <3>
  • Huntingdon County
  • Juniata County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.
    • Waterloo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Perulack
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • East Rutherford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Rutherford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
      • East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
    • Peru Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • McCullochs Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Reeds Gap
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Doyles Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Mifflin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.
    • Kistler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kistler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
      • Kistler is located in Mifflin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Newton Hamilton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
      • Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
  • Perry County
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.
    • Uniontown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
      • Uniontown is located in York County
    • Dillsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dillsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillsburg
      • Dillsburg is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,579 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillsburg <3>
    • Mount Top
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Siddonsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Wellsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
      • Wellsville is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <3>
    • Andersontown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Roler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roler
      • Roler is located in York County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Roler
      • From Lees Cross Roads to Roler
    • Harmony Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Davidsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Alpine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alpine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
      • Alpine is located in York County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alpine
      • From Lees Cross Roads to Alpine
    • Franklintown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklintown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklintown
      • Franklintown is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Hanover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Carroll County (MD)
    • Harney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
      • Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Harney
      • From Lees Cross Roads to Harney
  • Frederick County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.
    • Emmitsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmitsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmitsburg
      • Emmitsburg is located in Frederick County (MD)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,270 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmitsburg <3>
    • Sabillasville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabillasville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabillasville
      • Sabillasville is located in Frederick County (MD)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sabillasville <3>
    • Thurmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Washington County (MD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.
    • Highfield - Cascade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pen Mar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Hill Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Village
      • Hill Village is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Leitersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Smithsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Paramount - Long Meadow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount - Long Meadow
      • Paramount - Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Cavetown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Greenvale Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
      • Greenvale Village is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Fountainhead - Orchard Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Meadow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
      • Long Meadow is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Maugansville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lees Cross Roads, see our County-by-County Page for Lees Cross Roads.

Cemeteries Near Lees Cross Roads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lees Cross Roads.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lees Cross Roads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lees Cross Roads had a population of 404 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lees Cross Roads, with the one closest to Lees Cross Roads listed first.

  • Cleversburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleversburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleversburg
    • Cleversburg is located in Cumberland County
  • Walnut Bottom
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom
    • Walnut Bottom is located in Cumberland County
  • Shippensburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shippensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippensburg
    • Shippensburg is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,682 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shippensburg <3>
  • Stoughstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoughstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughstown
    • Stoughstown is located in Cumberland County
  • Oakville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Oakville is located in Cumberland County
  • Hays Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Grove
    • Hays Grove is located in Cumberland County
  • Big Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
    • Green Spring is located in Cumberland County
  • Longsdorf
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longsdorf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longsdorf
    • Longsdorf is located in Cumberland County
  • Middle Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Spring
    • Middle Spring is located in Cumberland County
  • Dickinson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
    • Dickinson is located in Cumberland County
  • Huntsdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lees Cross Roads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lees Cross Roads.

Newspapers Published in Lees Cross Roads ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lees Cross Roads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lees Cross Roads, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lees Cross Roads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lees Cross Roads:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lees Cross Roads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Lees Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lees Cross Roads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lees Cross Roads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0695, Longitude: -77.4427       In this case, the coordinates for Lees Cross Roads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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