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 Hamburg (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 Hamburg. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 Hamburg is located in Mercer 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 Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near New Hamburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hamburg:
- Mercer County (The home county of New Hamburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Kremis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Fredonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kashner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Shenango
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Coolspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leechs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Osgood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Hadley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Harrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Slippery Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Branchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Murrinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- West Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Liberty is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Hallston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hallston is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallston
- Portersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ferris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Cherry Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Pymatuning South
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Hartstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Geneva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Westford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Conneaut Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Cochranton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Espyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- New Wilmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Volant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nashua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- New Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Robinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harlansburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- McCaslin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West New Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Henderson Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Polk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Utica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Barkeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bullion
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Nectarine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- Nicklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Sugarcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Clintonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- York County
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Simons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Andover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Colebrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Richmond Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Dodgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dorset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Orwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orwell is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orwell <1>
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Campbell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Lowellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Youngstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Struthers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Mineral Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Austintown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boardman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- New Middletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Five Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Orangeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- West Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hill
- Hartford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Weldon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Superior ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Brookfield Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Masury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burghill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Yankee Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Coalburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coalburg is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Hamburg, see our County-by-County Page for New Hamburg.
Cemeteries Near New Hamburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hamburg.
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 Hamburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Hamburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Delaware Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Busch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Millbank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbank Cemetery
- The Millbank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fredonia Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zahniser Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shenango Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Side Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
- The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
- Byerly Family Cemetery
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- St. Rose Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- America's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Hamburg had a population of 235 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Hamburg, with the one closest to New Hamburg listed first.
- Kremis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Fredonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kashner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Shenango
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Transfer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Leechs Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Sharpsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Neshannock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hoagland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hoagland is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Mercer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Hamburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hamburg.
Newspapers Published in New Hamburg ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hamburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hamburg, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Hamburg.
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 New Hamburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning County
- Trumbull 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hamburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Hamburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |