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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 Mechanicsville (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 Mechanicsville. 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 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.
Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mechanicsville:
Philadelphia County (The home county of Mechanicsville)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Morrell Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Morrell Park is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrell Park Bustleton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bustleton is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustleton Pennypack Woods (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack Woods Tacony (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Tacony is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacony Wissinoming (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Wissinoming is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wissinoming Frankford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Frankford is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankford Oxford Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Oxford Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village Crescentville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescentville Lawton Station ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Lawton Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton Station McCartersville ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
McCartersville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartersville Oak Lane Station ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Oak Lane Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane Station Branchtown ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station Allegheny County
Overbrook (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Newportville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Newportville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newportville Hulmeville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Chestnut Wood Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Croydon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Winder Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Winder Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village Neshaminy ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Neshaminy is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshaminy Langhorne Manor (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Langhorne Manor is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langhorne Manor Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
Penndel (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Langhorne (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Bristol (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Glenlake (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Glenlake is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlake Churchville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Churchville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville County Line (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Strafford (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Strafford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Devon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Berwyn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Chesterbrook (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Leopard (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Leopard is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Valley Forge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Paoli (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Whitehorse (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Whitehorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse Duffryn Mawr (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Green Tree (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Green Tree is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree Lees (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Lees is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Williams Corner (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Williams Corner is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner General Warren Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Millbourne (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Millbourne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
East Lansdowne (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansdowne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
Haverford Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Haverford Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverford Village Yeadon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Haverford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Rosemont (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Burmont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Burmont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont Colwyn (20 miles [32.2 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 (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Drexel Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Lansdowne (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Llanerch (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Llanerch is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llanerch Allgates (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Allgates is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates Indiana County
Ernest (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Valley Falls (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Valley Falls is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls Bryn Athyn (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Huntingdon Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Shoemaker Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Shoemaker Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Village Meadowbrook (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook Rockledge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Terwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Terwood is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terwood Shoemak Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Shoemak Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemak Village Ashmead Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ashmead Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmead Village Cheltenham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ryers (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ryers is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryers Abington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Elkins Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Burlington County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Beverly (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Beverly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
Riverside (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Riverside is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Burlington (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
Cinnaminson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Riverton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Willingboro (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Willingboro is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingboro Florence (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Florence is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Roebling (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Roebling is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebling Maple Shade (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Kinkora (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Kinkora is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkora Hainesport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Hainesport is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesport Ramblewood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Ramblewood is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood Mount Holly (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Mount Holly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Delair (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Colwick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Pennsauken (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Cherry Hill Mall (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Mall Cherry Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Barclay - Kingston (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Barclay - Kingston is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay - Kingston Ellisburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Ellisburg is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg Erlton - Ellisburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Erlton - Ellisburg is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlton - Ellisburg Golden Triangle (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Ablett Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Greentree (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Greentree is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Springdale (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Springdale is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Westmont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
North Woodbury (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Red Bank (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Almonesson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Almonesson is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almonesson Cooper Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Village Westcotville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Westcotville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcotville Thorofare (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Woodbury (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Garden City (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Garden City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Turnersville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Turnersville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville Oak Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Parkville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Salina (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Salina is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salina Mantua (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Hunterdon County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Lambertville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
Linvale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Linvale is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linvale Prallsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Prallsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prallsville Raven Rock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock Rosemont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Rosemont is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Snydertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Snydertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown Larisons Corners (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Larisons Corners is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larisons Corners Rileyville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileyville Sergeantsville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeantsville Idell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Idell is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idell Sand Brook (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Brook Copper Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill Locktown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Locktown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locktown Mercer County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Parkway Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Somerset (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Trenton (13 miles [20.9 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
West Trenton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
West Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton White Horse (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
White Horse is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Titusville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Titusville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville Ewing (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Ewing is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Bear Tavern (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern Eldridge Park (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park Warner Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Warner Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village Rosemont (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Rosemont is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Mercerville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Mercerville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville Lawrenceville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville Middlesex County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Plainsboro Center (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Center Plainsboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Kingston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Kingston is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Princeton Meadows (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Princeton Meadows is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Meadows Cranbury (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Cranbury is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Cranbury Station (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station Heathcote (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Heathcote is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathcote Monmouth Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Monmouth Junction is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth Junction Clearbrook Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park Concordia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Concordia is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia Dayton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Dayton is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Kendall Park (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Kendall Park is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Park Rossmoor (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor Monmouth County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Walnford ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Walnford is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnford Polhemustown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polhemustown Cream Ridge (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge Hornerstown (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown Sharon (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Sharon is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Imlaystown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown Prospertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Prospertown is located in Monmouth County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown Ocean County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
New Egypt (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New Egypt is located in Ocean County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Egypt Colliers Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Colliers Mills is located in Ocean County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers Mills Somerset County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Skillman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Skillman is located in Somerset County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman Harlingen (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Harlingen is located in Somerset County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlingen Woodfern (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Woodfern is located in Somerset County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfern
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mechanicsville, see our County-by-County Page for Mechanicsville .
Cemeteries Near Mechanicsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mechanicsville.
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 Mechanicsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mechanicsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Byberry Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byberry Cemetery The Byberry Cemetery has also been known as:
Byberry Friends Burial Ground Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44491 <2>
Roosevelt Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
St. Marys Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Rosedale Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Vandergrift Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Resurrection Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
King David Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
William Penn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Williamson - Johnson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Greenwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Beechwood Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
White Chapel Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (350 more) ...
Sunset Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Forest Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Shalom Memorial Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Mechanicsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mechanicsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mechanicsville, with the one closest to Mechanicsville listed first.
Bensalem (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Byberry (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Byberry is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byberry Andalusia (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Andalusia is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andalusia Cornwell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Cornwell is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell Eddington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Eddington is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddington Trevose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Bridgewater (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Bridgewater is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Oakford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Oakford is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford Somerton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Somerton is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerton Bustleton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bustleton is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustleton Beverly (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Beverly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
Newportville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Newportville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newportville Continue List (18 more) ...
Hulmeville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Janney (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Janney is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney Parkland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Parkland is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mechanicsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mechanicsville .
Newspapers Published in Mechanicsville ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mechanicsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mechanicsville, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Mechanicsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Mechanicsville:
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 Burlington County Camden County Gloucester County Hunterdon County Mercer County Middlesex County Monmouth County Ocean County Somerset County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mechanicsville. 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 Mechanicsville, 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 from Point A (ie- Mechanicsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.