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 Newtown (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 Newtown. 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.
Newtown 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 Newtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newtown:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Newtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Hopeland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Clay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Brickerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Stevens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cocalico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Brunnerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rothsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rothsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothsville
- Ephrata
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elm is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Womelsdorf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Robesonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Wernersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phoebe Berks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tallowyck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tallowyck is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallowyck
- Mount Aetna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- North Heidelberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Alleghenyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alleghenyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghenyville
- Wintersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Sinking Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Honey Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Compass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Dampman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Suplee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Elverson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Isabella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Birdell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Cupola
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Loag
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Atglen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Bachmanville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Hummelstown
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Clifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Manadahill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Middletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(25 miles [40.2 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
- 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
- Rutherford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Schaefferstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stricklerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Newmanstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Miners Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Prescott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Burd Coleman Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Cornwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Avon Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Avon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(29 miles [46.7 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 Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Bramcote
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- Stowe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Marstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Moyers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Summit Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Irving
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Beuchler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Suedberg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Aucheys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lake Wynonah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Paradise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ravine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- East Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Craley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Craley is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craley
- Hallam
(24 miles [38.6 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
- New Bridgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridgeville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
- Yorkana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Goram
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Goram is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
- Bittersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bittersville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bittersville
- Starview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- York Haven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Holtz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holtz is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtz
- Goldsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newtown, see our County-by-County Page for Newtown.
Cemeteries Near Newtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newtown.
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 Newtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Hopeland UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopeland UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Hopeland.
- The Hopeland UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hopeland Brethren Church Cemetery
- Hopeland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154417 <2>
- Brunnerville United Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Horst Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
- The Horst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snavely Cemetery
- Gross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Faith United Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44832 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moravian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Newtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newtown, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Durlach
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Durlach is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durlach
- Clay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Brickerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schoeneck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Schoeneck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoeneck
- Lexington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Brunnerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stevens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kleinfeltersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cocalico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Rothsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rothsville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothsville
- Millway
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millway is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millway
- Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ephrata
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Denver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Schaefferstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newtown.
Newspapers Published in Newtown ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newtown, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newtown.
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 Newtown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Luzerne County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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 Newtown, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |