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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 Newmanstown (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 Newmanstown. 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 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.

Newmanstown is located in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.

Below are the counties that are near Newmanstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newmanstown:

  • Lebanon County     (The home county of Newmanstown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Sheridan
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Stricklerstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
    • Richland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Schaefferstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Myerstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Johnstown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Prescott
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Prescott is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Avon Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
    • Greble
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greble is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
    • Avon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Avon is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Mount Zion
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Lebanon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Womelsdorf
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Robesonia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • North Heidelberg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
    • Wintersville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Mount Aetna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Brownsville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Phoebe Berks Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Phoebe Berks Village is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoebe Berks Village
    • Wernersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • New Schaefferstown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
    • Rehrersburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
    • Bernville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Cambridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Cambridge is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
    • Honey Brook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Dampman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dampman is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
    • Elverson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Suplee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Suplee is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
    • Cupola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cupola is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
    • Isabella
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Isabella is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
    • Birdell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Birdell is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
    • Compass
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Compass is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
    • Loag
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Loag is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
    • Rockville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockville is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Knauertown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Knauertown is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown
  • Columbia County
  • Dauphin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Bachmanville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
    • Grantville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hershey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Shellsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
    • Union Deposit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
    • Williamstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hummelstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Manadahill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
    • Skyline View
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
    • Dayton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dayton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Clifton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Clifton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Lykens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Cocalico
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
    • Blainsport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
    • Hopeland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
    • Clay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Clay is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Stevens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Denver
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Denver is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
    • Brickerville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Reamstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brunnerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ephrata
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Elm
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Elm is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
  • Lehigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • New Smithville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
    • Stines Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
  • Luzerne County
    • Newtown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Bramcote
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
    • West Pottsgrove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
    • Stowe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Halfway House
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
    • Pottstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Schuylkill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • Moyers
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
    • Summit Station
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
    • Aucheys
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
    • Marstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
    • Jefferson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Lake Wynonah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
    • Pine Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Friedensburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Irving
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Irving is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
    • Paradise
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Auburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Beuchler
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.
    • East Prospect
      (28 miles [45.1 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newmanstown, see our County-by-County Page for Newmanstown.

Cemeteries Near Newmanstown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newmanstown.

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 Newmanstown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newmanstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.

  • Reeds Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
    • The Reeds Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Zions Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45852 <2>
  • United Evangelical Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Womelsdorf Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Conrad Weiser Gravesite
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Horst Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
    • The Horst Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Snavely Cemetery
  • Heidelberg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lapps Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Host Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
    • The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Blainsport Cemetery
    • Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <2>
  • Continue List   (273 more) ...

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 Newmanstown had a population of 612 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Newmanstown, with the one closest to Newmanstown listed first.

  • Sheridan
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Millbach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Millbach is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbach
  • Womelsdorf Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Womelsdorf Station is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf Station
  • Womelsdorf
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Stouchsburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Stouchsburg is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouchsburg
  • Kleinfeltersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Reistville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Reistville is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reistville
  • Cocalico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
  • Robesonia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Kricks Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kricks Mill is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kricks Mill
  • Host
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Host is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Host
  • Schaefferstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Wintersville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • North Heidelberg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
    • Myerstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newmanstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newmanstown.

Newspapers Published in Newmanstown ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newmanstown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newmanstown, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newmanstown.

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 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 Newmanstown:

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 Newmanstown, 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 from Point A (ie- Newmanstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.