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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 Mohns Hill (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 Mohns Hill. 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 Mohns Hill ...
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.
While the name of this community is Mohns Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mohns Hill may originally have been Mohn's Hill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mohns Hill might be written as Mohn Hill.
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 and 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.
Mohns Hill is located in Berks County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Berks County: Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery & Schuylkill.
Below are the counties that are near Mohns Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mohns Hill:
- Berks County (The home county of Mohns Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Tallowyck
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Adamstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Mohnton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Phoebe Berks Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sinking Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Shillington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Lawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Wyomissing is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wyomissing
- Whitfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Wernersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alleghenyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Elverson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Dampman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Honey Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Loag
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Suplee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Cupola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Birdell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Rockville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Compass
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Knauertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Knauertown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown
- Dauphin County
- Bachmanville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Blainsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Denver
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Reamstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stevens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terre Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cocalico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Weaverland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weaverland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland
- Ephrata
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hinkletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown
- Blue Ball
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Churchtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Newmanstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Stricklerstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schaefferstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Myerstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Avon Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Avon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Miners Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Burd Coleman Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- New Smithville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
- Alburtis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hensingersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville
- Hynemansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville
- Stines Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Weisenberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Seipstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seipstown is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown
- Wallner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner
- Ancient Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks
- Macungie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powder Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Bramcote
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Halfway House
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Gilbertsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sanatoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Congo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- New Hanover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville
- Pleasant Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Aucheys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Port Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summit Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moyers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Deer Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Lake Wynonah
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Landingville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Friedensburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cressona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- York County
- East Prospect
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mohns Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Mohns Hill.
Cemeteries Near Mohns Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mohns Hill.
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 Mohns Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mohns Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Wyomissing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mohnsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weidman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sinking Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Allegheny Union Cemetery (Old)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allegheny Union Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alleghenyville Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
- The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blainsport Cemetery
- Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <3>
- Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Mohns Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mohns Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mohns Hill, with the one closest to Mohns Hill listed first.
- Gouglersville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gouglersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouglersville
- Fritztown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fritztown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritztown
- Vinemont
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vinemont is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemont
- Adamstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Swartzville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swartzville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartzville
- Knauers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Knauers is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauers
- Sinking Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Wernersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shillington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blainsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Denver
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Bowmansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grill is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grill
- Cacoosing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cacoosing is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacoosing
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mohns Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mohns Hill.
Newspapers Published in Mohns Hill ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mohns Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mohns Hill, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mohns Hill.
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 Mohns Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Berks County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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> | 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 Mohns Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mohns Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |