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 Mount Royal (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 Mount Royal. 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 Mount Royal ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Royal: Mt. Royal
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Royal. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Royal.
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.
Mount Royal is located in York 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 York County: Baltimore (MD), Carroll (MD), Harford (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin & Lancaster.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Royal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Royal:
- York County (The home county of Mount Royal)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Alpine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Rossville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rossville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Harmony Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Roler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roler is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roler
- Franklintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklintown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklintown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Davidsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Davidsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsburg
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Erney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- Weigelstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weigelstown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weigelstown
- Mount Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- Lewisberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- East Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Abbottstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Latimore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- York Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Newchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Heidlersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- New Oxford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Brush Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run
- Idaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Idaville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Allegheny County
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Lisburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Allenview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Lower Allen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Camp Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Mechanicsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trindle Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Lemoyne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sporting Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Boiling Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Highspire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Steelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Lawnton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Paxtang
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Harrisburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Penbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Edgemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Progress
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Falmouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Maytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rheems
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Elizabethtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Florin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Joy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Ironville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Campbelltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Fontana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Syner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Annville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Cleona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Marysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Perdix
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Duncannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Falling Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Mecks Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Rose Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- New Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Alinda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alinda is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alinda
- Blain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Landisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Freeland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Eklo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eklo is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eklo
- Gorsuch Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Trump
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Walker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Shamburg ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shamburg is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Parkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane
- Stablersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stablersville is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stablersville
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Lineboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lineboro is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineboro
- Roller
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Roller is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
- Young Mans Fancy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy
- Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Rockbrook Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockbrook Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook Village
- Harney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Hampstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tyrone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Fairground Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Taneytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Royal, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Royal.
Cemeteries Near Mount Royal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Royal.
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 Mount Royal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Royal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salem Evangelical Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Strayers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Suburban Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Markey Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hershey Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Davidsburg.
- The St. Paul's Red Run Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Red Run Church Cemetery
- Parkville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Mount Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Altland's Meeting House Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Myers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Neimans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #328782 <3>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mount Royal had a population of 57 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Royal, with the one closest to Mount Royal listed first.
- Roler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roler is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roler
- Alpine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Rossville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rossville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Davidsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Davidsburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsburg
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eastmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastmont is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastmont
- Franklintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklintown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklintown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Wellsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fortney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fortney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortney
- Weigelstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weigelstown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weigelstown
- Erney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- Mount Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- Zions View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zions View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions View
- Lewisberry
(6 miles [9.7 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 Mount Royal. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Royal.
Newspapers Published in Mount Royal ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Royal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Royal, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Royal.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Mount Royal:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allegheny County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Perry County
- Baltimore County
- Carroll County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mount Royal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mount Royal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |