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 Newville (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 Newville. 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 and doctors 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.
Newville 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 Newville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newville:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Newville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Elizabethtown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Aberdeen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Rheems
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Falmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Milton Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Maytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Florin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Mount Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mastersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Columbia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ironville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- East Berlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Abbottstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- York Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Heidlersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- McSherrystown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Gargol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Meckville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Mount Aetna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Womelsdorf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Robesonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamstown
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- New Cumberland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lemoyne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Lower Allen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Wormleysburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Shiremanstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Enola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Allenview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Westwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Sporting Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Good Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Bachmanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Middletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hershey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Highspire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hummelstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Lawnton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Rutherford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Springford Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
- Steelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marene Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marene Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marene Village
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Lawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Campbelltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Gretna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fontana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Annville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Quentin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Syner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Miners Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Marysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Duncannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Rose Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Suedberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Irving
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Beuchler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Orwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Tower City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Pine Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- York Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Manchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Strinestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Strinestown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
- Valley Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Hallam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Wrightsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zions View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zions View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions View
- Redland Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Emigsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Maryland Line
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Freeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gorsuch Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newville, see our County-by-County Page for Newville.
Cemeteries Near Newville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newville.
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 Newville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Mt. Ober Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Tunnel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Goods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oberholtzer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Haldeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Donegal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brenneman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Milton Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eberly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Mount Joy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44518 <2>
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Mt. Joy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shearer Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moyer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Newville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Newville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newville, with the one closest to Newville listed first.
- Elizabethtown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Conewago
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Conewago is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewago
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beverly is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Aberdeen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Rheems
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Falmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Bainbridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellaire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellaire is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Deodate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deodate is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deodate
- York Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mount Wolf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Lawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newville.
Newspapers Published in Newville ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Newville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Berks County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lebanon County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Baltimore 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Newville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Newville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |