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 Neffsville (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 Neffsville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Neffsville is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Cecil (MD), Harford (MD), Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon & York.
Below are the counties that are near Neffsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neffsville:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Neffsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Kenwick Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kenwick Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwick Village
- Fruitville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fruitville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
- Kissell Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kissell Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissell Hill
- East Petersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lititz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zooks Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zooks Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zooks Corner
- Rothsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rothsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothsville
- Fairland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Lancaster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rohrerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
- Brownstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brownstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Brunnerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Adamstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Womelsdorf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alleghenyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Robesonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wernersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Phoebe Berks Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Angelica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Angelica is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Mohnton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sinking Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beckersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beckersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckersville
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Freemanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freemanville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemanville
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Compass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Honey Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Atglen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lenover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lenover is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenover
- Dampman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Suplee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Parkesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Sadsburyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cupola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Isabella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Bachmanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Clifton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(23 miles [37 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
- Hummelstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Highspire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Manadahill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Rutherford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Skyline View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Burd Coleman Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Miners Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Schaefferstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cornwall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Mount Gretna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Colebrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Lawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quentin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Fontana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Irving
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Marstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Suedberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- East Prospect
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Wrightsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Goram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- New Bridgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Yorkana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Bittersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
- Hallam
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Airville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kyleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kyleville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville
- Holtz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holtz is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtz
- Stonybrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stonybrook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Baltimore County (MD)
- Gorsuch Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Cecil County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Rock Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Mason Dixon Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Dixon Village is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Dixon Village
- Sylmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sylmar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylmar
- Conowingo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pylesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Street
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Neffsville, see our County-by-County Page for Neffsville.
Cemeteries Near Neffsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neffsville.
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 Neffsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Neffsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Bassler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bassler Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Lititz.
- The Bassler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bassler Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2369144 <3>
- Shirk - Kurtz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shaurai Shomayim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moravian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shreiner - Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodward Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kauffman's Mennonite Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (307 more) ...
- Degel Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs New Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Neffsville had a population of 440 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Neffsville, with the one closest to Neffsville listed first.
- Landis Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shreiners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shreiners is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreiners
- Kissell Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kissell Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissell Hill
- East Petersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lititz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bamford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bamford is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Rohrerstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Limerock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Limerock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Rothsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rothsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothsville
- Fairland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Leacock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leacock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leacock
- Millway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millway is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millway
- Brunnerville
(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 Neffsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neffsville.
Newspapers Published in Neffsville ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neffsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neffsville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neffsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Neffsville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Baltimore County
- Cecil County
- Harford 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Neffsville) 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 Neffsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |