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 New Buffalo (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 New Buffalo. 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 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.
New Buffalo is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near New Buffalo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Buffalo:
Perry County (The home county of New Buffalo)
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Duncannon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Cove is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Perdix (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Perdix is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix Marysville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Rose Glen (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen Liverpool (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Newport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Reward (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Pfoutz Valley (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Mecks Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Blain (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Adams County
Latimore (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Latimore is located in Adams County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore Allegheny County
Bloomfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Berks County
Meckville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Meckville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Westwood Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Enola (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Good Hope (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope West Fairview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Wormleysburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Camp Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Lemoyne (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill New Cumberland (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Shiremanstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
Lower Allen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen Mechanicsburg (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Halifax (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Fisherville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Dauphin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Enterline (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Millersburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Enders (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Stone Glen (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Rife (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Fort Hunter (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Lucknow (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Lucknow is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucknow Carsonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Carsonville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville Elizabethville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Seven Stars (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Knousetown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Thompsontown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Richfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Swales (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales McAlisterville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Mexico (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Old Port (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Mifflintown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Mifflin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Aberdeen (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Falmouth (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Falmouth is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Elizabethtown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mastersonville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville Milton Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove Rheems (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Rheems is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Fort Indiantown Gap (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap Green Point (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Green Point is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point Syner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Syner is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner Palmyra (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Gold Mine (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine Inwood (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Inwood is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood Lickdale (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Lickdale is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale Murray (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Murray is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Campbelltown (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Annville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Bunker Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Jonestown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Paintersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Alfarata (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Malta (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Asherton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Asherton is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton Selinsgrove Junction (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction Leck Kill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill Mile Run (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Mile Run is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run Augustaville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Augustaville is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville Trevorton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth Sunbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bear Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Klingerstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Rough and Ready (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready Tower City (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Orwin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Orwin is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin Suedberg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg Valley View (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Beuchler (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler Irving (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Irving is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Hegins (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Keffers (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Keffers is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers Joliett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Joliett is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliett Pitman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
McKees Half Falls (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Aline (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Hoffer (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer Chapman (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Chapman is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Shadle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Mount Pleasant Mills (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Pallas (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Port Trevorton (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Dundore (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Dundore is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore Freeburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Freeburg is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
Coon Hunter (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter Paxtonville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville Union County
Dry Valley Crossroads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
York County
The following are listed by their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
New Market (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Marsh Run (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Andersontown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Nauvoo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Siddonsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Redland Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village Lewisberry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Valley Green (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Valley Green is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green Quaker Village (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Quaker Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village Goldsboro (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Goldsboro is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
Dillsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Buffalo, see our County-by-County Page for New Buffalo .
Cemeteries Near New Buffalo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Buffalo.
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 New Buffalo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Buffalo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Duncannon Presbyterian Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Zion Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Evergreen Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Highland Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Fairview Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Enders . The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
Enders Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993036 <2>
Oak Hill Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Sitterley Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Chestnut Grove Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Oak Grove Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Perry Heights Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Union Church Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
St. Matthew Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthew Cemetery The St. Matthew Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery Continue List (190 more) ...
Mitchell Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Snyders Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyders Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Snyders Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mecks Corner . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978059 <2>
Reward UMC Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Buffalo had a population of 220 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, New Buffalo had a population of 126 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Buffalo, with the one closest to New Buffalo listed first.
Halifax (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Benvenue (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Benvenue is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benvenue Montgomery Ferry (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Montgomery Ferry is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Ferry Losh Run (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Losh Run is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Losh Run Duncannon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Waynesville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Waynesville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville Mount Patrick (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Mount Patrick is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Patrick Dauphin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Fisherville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Acker (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Acker is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Cove is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Continue List (15 more) ...
Perdix (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Perdix is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix Stone Glen (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Enterline (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Buffalo. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Buffalo .
Newspapers Published in New Buffalo ...
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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Buffalo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Buffalo, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for New Buffalo.
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 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 New Buffalo:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Adams County Allegheny County Berks County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Lancaster County Lebanon County Mifflin County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Buffalo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.org/
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 . 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- New Buffalo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 New Buffalo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.