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 Old Ferry (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 Old Ferry. 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.
Old Ferry is located in Perry 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 Perry County : Cumberland , Dauphin , Franklin , Juniata & Northumberland .
Below are the counties that are near Old Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Ferry:
Perry County (The home county of Old Ferry)
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Millerstown (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Reward (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Newport (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Pfoutz Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Blain (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Liverpool (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Mecks Corner (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Mecks Corner is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner Rose Glen (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Rose Glen is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen Duncannon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
New Buffalo (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
New Buffalo is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
Eshcol (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Eshcol is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eshcol Elliottsburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Elliottsburg is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsburg Allegheny County
Bloomfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
Centre County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Ingleby (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Ingleby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby Woodward (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Coburn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Fiedler (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Fiedler is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler Zerby (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Zerby is located in Centre County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zerby Aaronsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Millheim (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Cumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Westwood Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village Schlusser (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Schlusser is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlusser Enola (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Good Hope (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Good Hope is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Caprivi (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Caprivi is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caprivi Middlesex (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Middlesex is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex New Kingstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
West Fairview (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
West Fairview is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview Sporting Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill Carlisle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Mechanicsburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Trindle Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs Camp Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Dauphin County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Millersburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Halifax (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Paxton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Paxton is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Fisherville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Fisherville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville Rife (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Rife is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife Enders (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Enders is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders Dauphin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Enterline (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Enterline is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline Stone Glen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen Berrysburg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Elizabethville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Fort Hunter (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter Carsonville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Carsonville is located in Dauphin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville Juniata County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Thompsontown (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Seven Stars (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Seven Stars is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Locust Run (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Locust Run is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Knousetown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Knousetown is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown Swales (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Swales is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales McAlisterville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Richfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Mexico (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Mexico is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico Mifflintown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Old Port (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Old Port is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port Port Royal (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Mifflin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Mifflin is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
Doyles Mills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Fort Indiantown Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Fort Indiantown Gap is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Indiantown Gap Green Point (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Green Point is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point Mifflin County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Paintersville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Paintersville is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville Alfarata (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Alfarata is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfarata Burnham (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Highland Park (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Highland Park is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park Juniata Terrace (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Juniata Terrace is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniata Terrace Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
Lewistown Junction (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Lewistown Junction is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction Lewistown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Honey Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Yeagertown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Lumber City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lumber City is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Reedsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Milroy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Anderson (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Anderson is located in Mifflin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Northumberland County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Malta (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Malta is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Mandata (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Mandata is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandata Herndon (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Asherton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Asherton is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton Selinsgrove Junction (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction Mile Run (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Mile Run is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run Augustaville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Augustaville is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville Leck Kill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill Sunbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Trevorton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth Northumberland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Klingerstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Rough and Ready (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready Tower City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Snyder County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Aline (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Aline is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline Hoffer (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hoffer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffer McKees Half Falls (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
McKees Half Falls is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Half Falls Mount Pleasant Mills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Shadle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Shadle is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Beaver Springs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs Beavertown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
McClure (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Paxtonville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Paxtonville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville Pallas (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Pallas is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas Benfer (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Benfer is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benfer Chapman (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Chapman is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Bannerville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Bannerville is located in Snyder County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Glen Iron (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Glen Iron is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron Laurelton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Laurelton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelton Millmont (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Pardee (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Pardee is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Cherry Run (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Cherry Run is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run Hartleton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Hartleton is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
Mifflinburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
New Berlin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Dry Valley Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Red Bank (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Red Bank is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank York County
The following are listed by their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
New Market (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
New Market is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market Rudytown ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Rudytown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudytown Siddonsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Siddonsburg is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsburg Andersontown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Andersontown is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersontown Marsh Run (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Marsh Run is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run Nauvoo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Nauvoo is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo Dillsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lewisberry (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Redland Village is located in York County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Old Ferry .
Cemeteries Near Old Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Ferry.
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 Old Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Deardorff Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Riverview Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Mitchell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Marshal Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Newport Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Auker Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Reward UMC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Matthew Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthew Cemetery The St. Matthew Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery Pfoutz Valley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Cemetery The Pfoutz Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
Pfoutz Valley UMC Cemetery Thompson Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Thompson's Lock Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Lock Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson's Lock Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Thompsontown . The Thompson's Lock Cemetery has also been known as:
Thompson Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46466 <2>
Bull Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Continue List (174 more) ...
Lantz Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Locust Run Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Locust Run Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Locust Run . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45311 <2>
Eshcol Memorial Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 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>
While we didn't find Old Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Ferry, with the one closest to Old Ferry listed first.
Millerstown (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Newport (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Reward (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Reward is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward Wardville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wardville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardville Acker (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Acker is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker Nekoda (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Nekoda is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoda Wahneta (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Wahneta is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahneta Bailey (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Dimmsville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Dimmsville is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmsville Thompsontown (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Donnally Mills (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Donnally Mills is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnally Mills Maze (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Maze is located in Juniata County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze Continue List (16 more) ...
Pfoutz Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley Blain (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bloomfield (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,255 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Ferry .
Newspapers Published in Old Ferry ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Ferry, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Old Ferry.
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 Old Ferry:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Perry County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Centre County Cumberland County Dauphin County Juniata County Lebanon County Mifflin County Northumberland County Schuylkill County Snyder County Union County York County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Perry County: https://perryco.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 Old Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.