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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 Miners Village (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 Miners Village. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Miners Village ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Miners Village: Miners Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
  • While the name of this community is Miners Village, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Miners Village may originally have been Miner's Village.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Miners Village might be written as Miner Village.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Miners Village is located in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.

Below are the counties that are near Miners Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Miners Village:

  • Lebanon County     (The home county of Miners Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Cornwall
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Burd Coleman Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
    • Quentin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mount Gretna Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
    • Johnstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Mount Gretna
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Timber Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
    • Schaefferstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Avon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Avon is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Lebanon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cornwall Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
    • Pleasant Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Fontana
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Fontana is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Mount Aetna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wintersville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Womelsdorf
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Meckville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Meckville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
    • Bethel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Rehrersburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
    • Robesonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • North Heidelberg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
    • Phoebe Berks Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Phoebe Berks Village is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoebe Berks Village
    • Wernersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • New Schaefferstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
    • Adamstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Adamstown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
      • Adamstown has also been known as:
      • Adamschteddel
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <2>
    • Bernville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Cambridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cambridge is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
    • Honey Brook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dampman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dampman is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
    • Compass
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Compass is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
    • Suplee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Suplee is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
    • Elverson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • New Cumberland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lemoyne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Lower Allen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
    • Wormleysburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Camp Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • West Fairview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
    • Enola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lisburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
    • Westwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Shiremanstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
    • Allenview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Allenview is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
    • Good Hope
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
    • Sporting Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
  • Dauphin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Bachmanville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
    • Hershey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Grantville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Shellsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
    • Union Deposit
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
    • Hummelstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Clifton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Clifton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Manadahill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
    • Skyline View
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
    • Middletown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Royalton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Royalton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
    • Rutherford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
    • Springford Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Mount Hope
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Elstonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
    • Poplar Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Brickerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Elm
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Elm is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
    • Mastersonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
    • Hopeland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
    • Manheim
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Naumanstown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Naumanstown is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumanstown
    • Fairland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Fairland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
    • Sporting Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sporting Hill is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
    • Brunnerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
  • Luzerne County
    • Newtown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Marysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Perdix
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Perdix is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Irving
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Irving is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
    • Marstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
    • Suedberg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
    • Beuchler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
    • Pine Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Paradise
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Moyers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
    • Ravine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
    • Echo Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
    • Lorberry Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
    • Summit Station
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
    • Orwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
    • Tower City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.
    • Wrightsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • East Prospect
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • East Prospect is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
    • York Haven
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Goldsboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Goldsboro is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
    • Hallam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hallam is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
    • Mount Wolf
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Starview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Starview is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
    • Craley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Craley is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
    • Manchester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Strinestown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Strinestown is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
    • Marsh Run
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Marsh Run is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
    • Redland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Redland Village is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
    • Valley Green
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Valley Green is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Miners Village, see our County-by-County Page for Miners Village.

Cemeteries Near Miners Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miners Village.

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 Miners Village - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Miners Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Miners Village had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Miners Village, with the one closest to Miners Village listed first.

  • Cornwall
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rexmont
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rexmont is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexmont
  • North Cornwall
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • North Cornwall is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cornwall
  • Mount Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Mount Gretna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Elstonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
  • Penryn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Penryn is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penryn
  • Iona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Iona is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
  • Cornwall Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
  • Brickerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Lebanon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Lebanon is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
  • Schaefferstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Avon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Avon is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Fontana
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Fontana is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
    • Lebanon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Miners Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Miners Village.

Newspapers Published in Miners Village ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miners Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miners Village, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Miners Village.

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 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 Miners Village:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Miners Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Miners Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.