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 London (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 London. 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 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 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 London is located in Chester 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 Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near New London. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New London:
Chester County (The home county of New London)
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Elkview (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Jennersville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville West Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Kemblesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Daleville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Daleville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville Avondale (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Baker (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Baker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Chatham (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Chatham is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Strickersville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Strickersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville Oxford (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
New Garden (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
New Garden is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden Chrome (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Chrome is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Barnsley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Barnsley is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsley Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Morgantown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Kenneys (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Joanna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna New Morgan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
New Morgan is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Morgan Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
Geigertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Plowville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Plowville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowville Scarlets Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Zebleys Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Zebleys Corner is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebleys Corner Chelsea (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Chelsea is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Creekside Village at Naamans (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Garnet Valley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Glen Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Aston Mills (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Aston Mills is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aston Mills Boothwyn (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Chester Heights (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Glen Riddle is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Riddle Linwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Marcus Hook (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Rockdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Rockdale is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Lima (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Summerhill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Summerhill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill Oak Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Oak Hill is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Ninepoints (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints Kirks Mills (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills Little Britain (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Little Britain is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain Christiana (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Smyrna (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Mechanic Grove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove Gap (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Kinzers (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Quarryville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
McSparran (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
McSparran is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSparran Buyerstown (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown York County
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Slate Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Slate Hill is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill Castle Fin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Castle Fin is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin Delta (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Slab (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Slab is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Bryansville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Bryansville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville Susquehanna Trails (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Susquehanna Trails is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susquehanna Trails Kyleville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Kyleville is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyleville Airville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Goram (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Goram is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram Bruce (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bruce is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Fawn Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
New Freedom (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
York Towne (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
York Towne is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Towne North Star (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
North Star is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Star Southwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Southwood is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Vintage Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village Hockessin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Pike Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Pike Creek is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek Newark (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Newark is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <1>
The Village of Drummond Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Mendenhall Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Mendenhall Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall Village Yorklyn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
English Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
English Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village Windy Hills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Windy Hills is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills Ashland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Cecil County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Old Line Village of Fair Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Fair Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Blake (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Blake is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Andora (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Andora is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andora Appleton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Blue Ball Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village Cherry Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Elk Mills (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Barksdale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Barksdale is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Calvert (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Calvert is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Zion (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Zion is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Bank ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Bank is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank Childs (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Childs is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Harford County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Conowingo Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Conowingo Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conowingo Village Lapidum (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Lapidum is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapidum Stafford ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Stafford is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Havre de Grace (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Darlington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Garland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Garland is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Webster Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Webster Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Village Glenville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Glenville is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Level (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Level is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Dublin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Dublin is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Hopewell Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell Village is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Village Poole (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Poole is located in Harford County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Aberdeen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Kent County (MD)
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Gregg Neck (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Gregg Neck is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck Sassafras (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Georgetown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Betterton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Dogwood Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Dogwood Village is located in Kent County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village Galena (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Beckett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Bridgeport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Pennsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Carneys Point (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Pointers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers Salem (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Salem is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
Auburn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Acton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Penton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Hancocks Bridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge Quinton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Quinton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton Portertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Riddleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New London, see our County-by-County Page for New London .
Cemeteries Near New London ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New London.
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 London - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New London covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Episcopalian Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
St. John's Episcopal Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
New West Grove Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Elkridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Little Elk Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
West Grove Friends Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hosanna Meeting House Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
St. Johns Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Sharpes Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpes Cemetery The Sharpes Cemetery has also been known as:
Sharpes Graveyard Sharp's Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81629 <2>
St. Marys Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (288 more) ...
Moores Chapel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Flint Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
London Britain Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 London had a population of 523 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New London, with the one closest to New London listed first.
Elkview (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Elkview is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkview Kelton (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Kelton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton Jennersville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jennersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville Hickory Hill (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hickory Hill is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill Kemblesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Kemblesville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemblesville Chesterville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Chesterville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville West Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Elk Mills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Elk Mills is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills Lewisville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Lewisville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville Lombard (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Lombard is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Fair Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Fair Hill is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Hill Faggs Manor (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Faggs Manor is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faggs Manor Continue List (20 more) ...
Strickersville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Strickersville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickersville Landenberg (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Baker (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Baker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New London. See our List of 1890's Communities around New London .
Newspapers Published in New London ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around New London.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New London, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for New London.
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 London:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Berks County Delaware County Lancaster County York County New Castle County Cecil County Harford County Kent County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New London. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.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 . 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 London, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- New London) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.