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 Mantua (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 Mantua. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Mantua is located in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia County : Burlington (NJ) , Camden (NJ) , Gloucester (NJ) , Bucks , Delaware & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Mantua. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mantua:
Philadelphia County (The home county of Mantua)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
University City (Less than 2 miles to the south)
University City is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Philadelphia (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Southwest Center City (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Southwest Center City is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City Old City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Old City is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City Queen Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Queen Village is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Village Bartram Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Bartram Village is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Port Richmond (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Port Richmond is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Germantown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Germantown is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Manayunk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Manayunk is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Wayne Junction (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Wayne Junction is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction North Philadelphia (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Philadelphia is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philadelphia North Philadelphia has also been known as:
North Philly Lindley Station ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lindley Station was located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley Station Allegheny County
Overbrook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Chestnut Wood Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
County Line (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Warminster Heights (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Warminster Heights is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Heights Johnsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Johnsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Warminster Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Casey Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Casey Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village Churchville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Churchville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville Croydon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Ivyland (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hartsville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Hartsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Hulmeville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Neshaminy ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Neshaminy was located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshaminy Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Strafford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Strafford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Devon (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Berwyn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Leopard (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Leopard is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Whitehorse (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Whitehorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse Chesterbrook (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Duffryn Mawr (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Green Tree (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Green Tree is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree Paoli (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Green Lane Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Green Lane Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane Village Lees (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Lees is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Malvern (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Yeadon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
East Lansdowne (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansdowne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
Millbourne (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Millbourne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
Colwyn (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Colwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwyn Population from the 2020 Census: 2,551 people
Darby (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Upper Darby (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Lansdowne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Aldan (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Aldan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldan Population from the 2020 Census: 4,149 people
Collingdale (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Burmont (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Burmont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont Drexel Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Llanerch (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Llanerch is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llanerch Indiana County
Ernest (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Bala - Cynwyd (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Bala - Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala - Cynwyd Cynwyd (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd Narberth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Penn Wynne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Penn Wynne is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Wynne Ardmore (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
West Manayunk (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manayunk Bryn Mawr (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Wyndmoor (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ashmead Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Ashmead Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmead Village Cheltenham (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Elkins Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Ryers (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Ryers is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryers New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Analine Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Carpenter (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter White Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Arden (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardentown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Claymont Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Claymont Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymont Village Claymont (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Ardencroft (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Holly Oak (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Holly Oak is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Windy Bush (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Windy Bush is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush Atlantic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Collings Lakes (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes Hammonton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hammonton is located in Atlantic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
Burlington County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Cinnaminson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Maple Shade (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Riverton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Greentree Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Greentree Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village Ramblewood (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Ramblewood is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood Riverside (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Heritage Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Heritage Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village Marlton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Marlton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton Beverly (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Beverly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
Willingboro (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Willingboro is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingboro Burlington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
Hainesport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hainesport is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesport Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Ablett Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Camden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Morgan Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Wood - Lynne (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Pennsauken (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Gloucester City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Delair (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Brooklawn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Cherry Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Colwick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Golden Triangle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Westmont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Cumberland County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Pleasantville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Pleasantville is located in Cumberland County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville Beals Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Beals Mill is located in Cumberland County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beals Mill Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Red Bank (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank North Woodbury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Thorofare (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Woodbury (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Cooper Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Village Parkville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Westcotville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Westcotville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcotville Gibbstown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Mantua (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Oak Valley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Almonesson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Almonesson is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almonesson Centre City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Centre City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City Hunterdon County (NJ)
Lambertville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
Mercer County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Somerset (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Titusville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Titusville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville West Trenton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
West Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton Ewing (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Ewing is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Parkway Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Trenton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
Bear Tavern (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern Warner Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Warner Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village White Horse (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
White Horse is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Auburn (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Whig Lane (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane Carneys Point (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Portertown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Riddleton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton Aldine (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Aldine is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine Shirley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Shirley is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Pennsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Olivet (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Olivet is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Penton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Acton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Pointers (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mantua, see our County-by-County Page for Mantua .
Cemeteries Near Mantua ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mantua.
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 Mantua - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mantua covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Woodlands Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Old Cathedral Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mikveh Israel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Christ Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Franklins Grave (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Mt. Peace Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mt. Peace Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Mt. Vernon Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Laurel Hill East Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill East Cemetery The Laurel Hill East Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Philadelphia . The Laurel Hill East Cemetery has also been known as:
Central Laurel Hill Cemetery Laurel Hill Cemetery North Laurel Hill Cemetery South Laurel Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45266 <2>
Fernwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Mt. Moriah Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Moriah Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (382 more) ...
Palmer Burial Ground (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Fairhill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Friends Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Mantua in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mantua.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
Grays Ferry (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Grays Ferry is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Ferry Schuylkill (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Schuylkill is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuylkill Philadelphia (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Angora (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Angora is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angora Cardington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Cardington is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardington Fernwood (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Fernwood is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood Yeadon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Wissahickon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wissahickon is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wissahickon Pencoyd (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Pencoyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencoyd Kensington (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Kensington is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Cynwyd (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd Nicetown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Nicetown is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicetown Continue List (14 more) ...
Tioga (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Tioga is also located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Bala (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Merion (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mantua. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mantua .
Newspapers Published in Mantua ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mantua.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mantua, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Mantua.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mantua:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Philadelphia County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Bucks County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Montgomery County New Castle County Atlantic County Burlington County Camden County Cumberland County Gloucester County Hunterdon County Mercer County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mantua. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Philadelphia County: https://www.phila.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 Mantua, 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- Mantua) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.