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 Lower Longswamp (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 Lower Longswamp. 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.
Lower Longswamp 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 Lower Longswamp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Longswamp:
Berks County (The home county of Lower Longswamp)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Red Lion (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Red Lion is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Rittenhouse Gap (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Rittenhouse Gap is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Gap Hancock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Hancock is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Huffs Church (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Topton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Schofer (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Schofer is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofer Landis Store (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Landis Store is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store Hinterleiter (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Hinterleiter is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinterleiter Sally Ann ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Sally Ann is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sally Ann Monterey (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Monterey is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Dale (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Dale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Dryville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Dryville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryville Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Steinsburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Hilltop (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Milford Square (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Zionhill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Shelly (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Trumbauersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Passer (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Quakertown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Richlandtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Argus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Rich Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Pullen (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Pullen is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullen Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Germans (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield Kittatinny (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Bowmanstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Hazard (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Palmerton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Palmerton is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
Parryville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
New Mahoning (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Lehighton (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Weissport (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Little Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Little Gap is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Kenilworth (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Pottstown Landing (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Fricks Lock (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Parker Ford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Parker Ford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Ford Bucktown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Slonaker (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Coventryville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Knauertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Pughtown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Seven Stars (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Spring City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Blainsport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Churchtown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Hensingersville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Alburtis (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Macungie (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ancient Oaks (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Old Zionsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Powder Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Wallner ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Chapman (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Seipstown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Hynemansville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville New Smithville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Weisenberg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Kresgeville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Rossland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Rossland is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Palm (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville East Greenville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Congo (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Pennsburg (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Gilbertsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Pleasant Run (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Red Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Anise (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Hoppenville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Hoppenville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppenville New Hanover (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Green Lane (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
North Catasauqua (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Leithsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Hanover (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Weaversville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Hellertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Lockport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Bethlehem (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (17 miles [27.4 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Andreas (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Mantz (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Mantz is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz Port Clinton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Rauschs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Rene Mont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont New Ringgold (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
McKeansburg (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Auburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Coaldale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Landingville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Hunterdon County (NJ)
Hughesville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Hughesville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville Warren County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Phillipsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Phillipsburg is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
Warren Glen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Warren Glen is located in Warren County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Glen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Longswamp, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Longswamp .
Cemeteries Near Lower Longswamp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Longswamp.
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 Lower Longswamp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Longswamp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Longswamp Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. Pauls Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Lehigh Zion Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh Zion Cemetery The Lehigh Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
Zion Lehigh Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973095 <2>
Huff Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Huff Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Huffs Church The Huff Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Huff Union Church Cemetery Huff's Evangelical Church Cemetery Huff's Union Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45157 <2>
Rauch Hertzog Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
St. Peters Union Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Topton Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topton Union Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Topton Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Topton . The Topton Union Cemetery has also been known as:
Topton Cemetery Union Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992380 <2>
Zion Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Christ DeLong UCC Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Union Cemetery of Bowers (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery of Bowers The Union Cemetery of Bowers has also been known as:
Bowers Cemetery Christ DeLong's Cemetery Grandview Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Continue List (371 more) ...
Mountain Marys Grave (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Weller Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Salem UMC Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Lower Longswamp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Longswamp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Longswamp, with the one closest to Lower Longswamp listed first.
Shamrock Station (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Shamrock Station is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Station Longswamp (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Longswamp is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longswamp Rittenhouse Gap (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Rittenhouse Gap is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Gap Red Lion (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Red Lion is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion Mertztown (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Seisholtzville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Seisholtzville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seisholtzville Alburtis (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hancock (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Hancock is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Fredericksville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Fredericksville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksville Huffs Church (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Huffs Church is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Church Harlem (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Harlem is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Spring Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Spring Creek is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Continue List (15 more) ...
Breinigsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Topton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Landis Store (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Landis Store is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis Store
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Longswamp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Longswamp .
Newspapers Published in Lower Longswamp ...
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 Lower Longswamp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Longswamp, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Lower Longswamp.
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 either 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 Lower Longswamp:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Lancaster County Lehigh County Monroe County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Hunterdon County Warren County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lower Longswamp. 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 Lower Longswamp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lower Longswamp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.