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 Overlook Woods (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 Overlook Woods. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Overlook Woods is located in Berks 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 Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Overlook Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Overlook Woods:
Berks County (The home county of Overlook Woods)
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Jacksonwald (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jacksonwald is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonwald Limekiln (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Limekiln is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Saint Lawrence (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Saint Lawrence is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
Oley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Brice Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Brice Village is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Village Exeter Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Exeter Village is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Village Stonersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stonersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonersville Mount Penn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Reiffton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Reiffton is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffton Griesemersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Laureldale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Lorane (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Lorane is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane Reading (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Milford Square (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Steinsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Argus (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Trumbauersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Zionhill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Hilltop (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Quakertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rich Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Derstines (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Sellersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Perkasie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Passer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Germans (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield New Mahoning (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Pottstown Landing (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Elverson (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Kenilworth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Knauertown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Loag (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Loag is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag Bucktown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Fricks Lock (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Isabella (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Isabella is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella Nantmeal Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Pughtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Slonaker (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Churchtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Red Run (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Terre Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Denver (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
East Earl (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Stevens (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Cocalico (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Hinkletown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Hinkletown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkletown Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Newmanstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sheridan (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Richland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Myerstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Schaefferstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Johnstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Johnstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Greble (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Greble is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble Prescott (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Prescott is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Avon Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights Mount Zion (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion Avon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Avon is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Cornwall (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
New Smithville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Alburtis (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Hynemansville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Weisenberg (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Wallner ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Stines Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Ancient Oaks (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Macungie (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Powder Valley (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Seipstown (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Hosensack (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
West Pottsgrove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Bramcote (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Halfway House (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Stowe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Gilbertsville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Pottstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Congo (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Pottsgrove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove New Hanover (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Fagleysville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville Pleasant Run (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Sanatoga (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Anise (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
North Catasauqua (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Leithsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Lockport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Bethlehem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Hellertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Kreidersville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Walnutport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Weaversville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Port Clinton (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Auburn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Jefferson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Rauschs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Aucheys (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys Rene Mont (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Landingville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
Summit Station (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station New Ringgold (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Lake Wynonah (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah McKeansburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Orwigsburg (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Overlook Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Overlook Woods .
Cemeteries Near Overlook Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Overlook Woods.
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 Overlook Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Overlook Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Spies Zion Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spies Zion Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Spies Zion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> Laureldale . The Spies Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
Zions Spies Evangelical Reformed Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1323059 <3>
Zion Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Schwarzwald Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Young - Kissling Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Aulenbach's Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Salem Shalters Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Hoch - DeTurk - Schenkel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Union Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Friedens Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Oley . The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2211517 <3>
St. Peters Catholic Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
German Lutheran Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (363 more) ...
Forest Hills Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
DeTurk Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Oley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Overlook Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Overlook Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Overlook Woods, with the one closest to Overlook Woods listed first.
Stony Creek Mills (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Stony Creek Mills is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek Mills Jacksonwald (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jacksonwald is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonwald Limekiln (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Limekiln is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Basket (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Basket is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket Stonersville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stonersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonersville Oley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Bernharts (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bernharts is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernharts Reading (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Neversink (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Neversink is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neversink Griesemersville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Griesemersville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griesemersville Pricetown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Pricetown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown Frush Valley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Frush Valley is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frush Valley Continue List (23 more) ...
Laureldale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Millmont (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Millmont is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millmont Ridgewood (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Ridgewood is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Overlook Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Overlook Woods .
Newspapers Published in Overlook Woods ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Overlook Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Overlook Woods, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Overlook Woods.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Overlook Woods:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Overlook Woods. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
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. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Overlook Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Overlook Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.