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 Locust Point (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 Locust Point. 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 Locust Point ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Locust Point: Locust Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Locust Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Locust Point.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Locust Point 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 Locust Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Locust Point:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Locust Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Roxbury
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roxbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Trindle Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- New Kingstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middlesex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Boiling Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allenview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Sporting Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- 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
- Good Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Schlusser
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schlusser is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser
- Craighead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craighead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
- Carlisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Latimore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- York Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gargol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Lake Meade
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Idaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Gardners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- Aspers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bendersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Plainview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plainview is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Guernsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 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 Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- 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
- Steelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edgemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lucknow is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow
- Penbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Fort Hunter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Progress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Highspire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lawnton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Bloomburg Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomburg Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg Village
- Dauphin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Mowersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mowersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
- Caledonia Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia Park
- Mount Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Union is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Orrstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pinola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pinola is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Thompsontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Locust Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Seven Stars
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Old Port
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Port Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doyles Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- East Rutherford
(30 miles [48.3 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 Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Falmouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Aberdeen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Elizabethtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Maytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rheems
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Marietta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Florin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Mastersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Mount Joy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Campbelltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lawn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Syner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Colebrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- 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
- Mount Gretna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Fort Indiantown Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap
- Northumberland County
- Malta
(30 miles [48.3 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 Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Marysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perdix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Duncannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mecks Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Falling Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Rose Glen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Alinda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Landisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsburg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg
- New Buffalo
(18 miles [29 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
- Bailey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Siddonsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siddonsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg
- Andersontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andersontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown
- Dillsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nauvoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nauvoo is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
- Rudytown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rudytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Mount Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- Lewisberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Rossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rossville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Wellsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Erney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Locust Point, see our County-by-County Page for Locust Point.
Cemeteries Near Locust Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Locust Point.
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 Locust Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Locust Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- Bakers Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Longsdorf Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- War of 1812 Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Letort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ashland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dillsburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lantz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Holly Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Locust Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Locust Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Locust Point, with the one closest to Locust Point listed first.
- New Kingstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trindle Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Dillsburg Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dillsburg Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillsburg Junction
- Leidighs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leidighs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leidighs
- Brandtsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brandtsville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandtsville
- Williams Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Grove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hogestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hogestown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogestown
- Boiling Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Bowmansdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmansdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmansdale
- Nantilly
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nantilly is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantilly
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bonny Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bonny Brook is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Brook
- Craighead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craighead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
- Hatton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Locust Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Locust Point.
Newspapers Published in Locust Point ...
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 176 newspapers that have been published in the area around Locust Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Locust Point, 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 Locust Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Locust Point:
- 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
- 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 Locust Point, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Locust Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |