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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 Loysville (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 Loysville. 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 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 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.
Loysville is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Loysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loysville:
Perry County (The home county of Loysville)
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Landisburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Elliottsburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Alinda (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Bixler (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Centre (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Cisna Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run Kistler (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Kistler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Eshcol (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Ickesburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Falling Spring (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Blain (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Mecks Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Adams County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Gardners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Gargol (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Gargol is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol Idaville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Idaville is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville Latimore (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore Bendersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Aspers (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
York Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Guernsey (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Guernsey is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Arendtsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Biglerville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Heidlersburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Heidlersburg is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg Lake Meade (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Lake Meade is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade Allegheny County
Bloomfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Caprivi (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Bears Crossroads (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads Plainfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Schlusser (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Newville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Carlisle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Washington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Washington is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Middlesex (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Big Spring (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Big Spring is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring New Kingstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Barnitz (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Barnitz is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz Craighead (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Craighead is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Dauphin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Halifax (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Lucknow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Stone Glen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Millersburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Fisherville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Harrisburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hillside Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village Edgemont (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Penbrook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Penbrook is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
Paxton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Concord (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Concord is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Mowersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Mowersville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville Doylestown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Doylestown is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown Roxbury (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Roxbury is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Dry Run (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Dry Run is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run Newbridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Newbridge is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbridge Orrstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pinola (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Pinola is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinola Pleasant Hall (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant Hall is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hall Green Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Green Village is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Huntingdon County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Blairs Mills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Blairs Mills is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairs Mills Aughwick (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick Neelyton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Neelyton is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyton Mount Union (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Shirleysburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Shade Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Orbisonia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Rockhill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
Rockhill has also been known as:
Rockhill Furnace Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Mexico (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Old Port (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Doyles Mills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Locust Run (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run East Rutherford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
East Rutherford is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford McCullochs Mills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills Mifflin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Mifflintown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Thompsontown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Reeds Gap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap Perulack (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Perulack is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Anderson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Juniata Terrace (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Paintersville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Lewistown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Burnham (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Mattawana (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Mattawana is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattawana McVeytown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Yeagertown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lumber City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Northumberland County
Malta (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
McClure (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bannerville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bannerville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville Beaver Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Middle Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Middle Creek is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Beavertown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Aline (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Benfer (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Benfer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer Shadle (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Hoffer (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McKees Half Falls (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Mount Pleasant Mills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Siddonsburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Uniontown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Uniontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown Andersontown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Dillsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown New Market (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Mount Top (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mount Top is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top Nauvoo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Wellsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Lewisberry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Rossville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Rossville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loysville, see our County-by-County Page for Loysville .
Cemeteries Near Loysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loysville.
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 Loysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Restland Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Landisburg Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Emory Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
St. Paul Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Eshcol Memorial Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
McClures Gap Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Blain Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Pioneer Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Church Hill Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Kilmer Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Snyders Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyders Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Snyders Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mecks Corner . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978059 <2>
Lower Tuscarora Church Cemetery (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (197 more) ...
Prospect Cemetery (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Westminister Cemetery (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Union Cemetery (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Loysville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loysville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loysville, with the one closest to Loysville listed first.
Landisburg (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Centre (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Centre is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Alinda (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Alinda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda Elliottsburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Bixler (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bixler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler Cisna Run (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Cisna Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisna Run Kistler (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Kistler is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler Saville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Saville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saville Mannsville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Mannsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville Roseburg (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Roseburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseburg Eshcol (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Ickesburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Ickesburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ickesburg Continue List (18 more) ...
Andersonburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Andersonburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonburg Falling Spring (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Falling Spring is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring Shermans Dale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loysville .
Newspapers Published in Loysville ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loysville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Loysville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Loysville:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Allegheny County Cumberland County Dauphin County Franklin County Huntingdon County Juniata County Mifflin County Northumberland County Snyder County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loysville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.org/
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 Loysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.